Varaha Purana 77.11: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 11
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
मन्दरस्य गिरेः शृङ्गे कदम्बो नाम पादपः । प्रलम्बशाखाशिखरः कदम्बश्चैत्यपादपः ॥ ७७.११ ॥
mandarasya gireḥ śṛṅge kadambo nāma pādapaḥ | pralambaśākhāśikharaḥ kadambaś caityapādapaḥ || 77.11 ||
Di puncak Gunung Mandara terdapat sebatang pohon bernama Kadamba; dahan-dahannya panjang dan melebar membentuk mahkota. Kadamba itu dihormati sebagai pohon caitya, yakni pohon yang terkait dengan tugu suci/kawasan pemujaan.
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It preserves a micro-topography of a sacred landscape (Mandara) by recording a named tree and its shrine-associated status, reflecting how Purāṇic literature catalogs culturally important natural features as part of heritage geography.
Mandara (Mandara mountain) is the named location; in scholarship it is treated as a mytho-geographic sacred mountain with multiple proposed identifications in South Asian sacred geography rather than a single uncontested modern site.
Implicitly, the verse frames a specific tree as part of a sacralized environment, supporting an ethic of careful regard for notable natural entities within heritage landscapes (ecological stewardship through cultural valuation).
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