Varaha Purana 172.59: Adhyaya 172, Shloka 59
The Harm of Destroying a Grove and the Merit of Tree-Planting as Pūrta-Dharma
यथा सुपुत्रः कुलमुद्धरेद्धि यथाऽतिकृच्छ्रान्नियमप्रयत्नात् ॥ तथाऽत्र वृक्षाः फलपुष्पभूताः स्वं स्वामिनं नरकादुद्धरन्ति
yathā suputraḥ kulam uddhared dhi yathā 'tikṛcchrān niyamaprayatnāt || tathā 'tra vṛkṣāḥ phalapuṣpabhūtāḥ svaṃ svāminaṃ narakād uddharanti
സുപുത്രൻ അത്യന്തം കഷ്ടതയിലും നിയമബദ്ധമായ പരിശ്രമംകൊണ്ട് തന്റെ കുലത്തെ ഉയർത്തുന്നതുപോലെ, ഇവിടെ ഫലപുഷ്പസമ്പന്നമായ വൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ തങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാമിയെ നരകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉയർത്തുന്നു।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It provides a strong statement linking ecological benefaction (fruit- and flower-bearing trees) with moral outcomes, aligning pūrta-style public benefit with soteriological narrative language.
No specific location is identified; the verse is a general ethical-ecological analogy.
Supporting and sustaining life-giving trees is presented as a high-value ethical act with far-reaching consequences.
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