Varaha Purana 77.8: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 8
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
मनःशिलादरीभिश्च सुवर्णमणिचित्रिताः । अनेकसिद्धभवनैः क्रीडास्थानैश्च सुप्रभाः ॥ ७७.८ ॥
manaḥśilādarībhiś ca suvarṇamaṇicitritāḥ | anekasiddhabhavanaiḥ krīḍāsthānaiś ca suprabhāḥ || 77.8 ||
I są przyozdobione wąwozami z manahśili, czerwonego aurypigmentu, zdobione złotem i klejnotami; z licznymi siedzibami Siddhów i z miejscami rozrywki, lśnią one wspaniałym blaskiem.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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The verse exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary mode: cataloguing luminous landscapes and extraordinary habitations to frame sacred geography and cosmological space in aesthetically vivid terms.
No specific toponym is supplied in this fragment; it appears to be part of a broader descriptive passage. A firm modern identification is not possible without adjacent verses naming the site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis lies in portraying a harmonized, richly adorned environment associated with accomplished beings, reinforcing cultural valuation of landscape as a heritage setting.
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