Varaha Purana 81.75 — Adhyaya 81, Shloka 75
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तस्यैवोत्तरतटे त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तृतं महत्पुरं लम्बाख्यातं राक्षसानाम् ।
tasyaivottara-taṭe triṃśad-yojana-vistṛtaṃ mahat-puraṃ lambākhyātaṃ rākṣasānām
Pada tebing utaranya terdapat sebuah kota besar, terbentang tiga puluh yojana, bernama Lambā, milik kaum Rākṣasa.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"alert, intrigued (hearing of non-human realms)","key_question":"What major settlements exist near Niṣadha, and who inhabits them?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"cosmology and moral anthropology","core_concept":"The world contains varied beings and domains; magnitude (thirty yojanas) signals the vastness of saṃsāric theatre beyond human scale.","practical_application":"Maintain discernment (viveka) and steadiness when encountering ‘other’ domains—externally in travel, internally as impulses—without fascination or fear."}
Subject Matter: ["Geography","Cosmology","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: mytho-geographic city
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa: sequential listing of cities and regions around Niṣadha in this section
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A colossal fortified city on the northern side, sprawling across the horizon, with rākṣasa inhabitants implied by scale and architecture.","item_prompts":["massive city walls","dark or iron-like gates","bannered towers","shadowy rākṣasa silhouettes","measurement motif (yojana scale)"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: dramatic cityscape with bold outlines; rākṣasas stylized but not grotesque; deep blues/reds; Varāha narrating at edge.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted ramparts and towers; contrasting dark enamel-like city interior; minimal figures for grandeur.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: detailed fortifications, controlled drama; rākṣasa figures in profile with ornate attire; subdued menace.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: panoramic city on a ridge with rhythmic battlements; small rākṣasa court scene hinted within."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"grand, slightly ominous","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"firm, narrative, weighty"}
FAQs
It illustrates Purāṇic cartography that integrates measured space (yojana) with mythic ethnography (Rākṣasa polities).
A city named Lambā on an 'uttara-taṭa' (northern bank); the referent waterbody is implied by context and not explicitly named in this isolated verse.
No direct ethical maxim is stated; the verse primarily preserves a cultural-geographic record of inhabited spaces and their attributed communities.
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