Varaha Purana 78.2: Adhyaya 78, Shloka 2
Names of the Four Directional Mountain-Kings and Their Lakes
Rudra’s Geographical Description
अनेकपक्षियुक्तात्मशृङ्गाणि सुबाहूनि च । देवानां दिव्यनारीभिः समं क्रीडामयानि च ॥ ७८.२ ॥
anekapakṣiyuktātmaśṛṅgāṇi subāhūni ca | devānāṁ divyanārībhiḥ samaṁ krīḍāmayāni ca || 78.2 ||
അവ അനേകം പക്ഷികളാൽ സമൃദ്ധം, ശിഖരങ്ങളാൽ ശോഭിതം, സുന്ദരമായ ‘ബാഹു’സദൃശ പ്രക്ഷേപങ്ങൾ ഉള്ളത്; ദേവന്മാർ ദിവ്യസ്ത്രീകളോടൊപ്പം ക്രീഡിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലങ്ങളും ആകുന്നു.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic mode of describing culturally valued landscapes as biodiverse and aesthetically idealized spaces, linking geography with cosmological imagination and pilgrimage-oriented literary mapping.
No specific toponym is present in this isolated verse; it appears to be part of a broader descriptive passage where the location would be named in surrounding verses.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse implies an evaluative ideal: landscapes rich in life (e.g., birds) and beauty are worthy of attention and preservation as cultural heritage settings within the text’s sacred-geographical framework.
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