Varaha Purana 81.90: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 90
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तेनानुक्रमेण हेमरजतरत्नवैडूर्यमाणः शिलाहिङ्गुलादिवर्णाः ।
tenānukrameṇa hema-rajata-ratna-vaiḍūrya-māṇaḥ śilā-hiṅgulādivarṇāḥ
ആ ക്രമപ്രകാരം അവയുടെ വർണങ്ങൾ സ്വർണം, വെള്ളി, രത്നം, വൈഡൂര്യം, മാണി/സ്ഫടികം, ശില, ഹിംഗുലം (സിന്ദൂരം) മുതലായവയാണ്।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It provides a material-descriptive register (minerals/colors) used in Purāṇic geography, relevant to the study of premodern mineral terminology and symbolic landscape description.
No specific place-name is given; the verse characterizes the previously listed mountains by appearance/material association.
An implicit conservation-oriented idea: distinctive natural features are noteworthy and worth recording, supporting cultural valuation of landscapes.
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