Varaha Purana 2.59: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 59
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
नारद उवाच । आश्चर्यमेकं दृष्टं मे तच्छृणुष्व प्रियव्रत । ह्यस्तनेऽहनि राजेन्द्र श्वेताख्यं गतवानहम् । द्वीपं तत्र सरो दृष्टं फुल्लपङ्कजमालिनम् ॥ २.५८ ॥
nārada uvāca | āścaryam ekaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ me tac chṛṇuṣva priyavrata | hyastane ’hani rājendra śvetākhyaṁ gatavān aham | dvīpaṁ tatra saro dṛṣṭaṁ phulla-paṅkaja-mālinam || 2.58 ||
Nārada disse: “Vi uma maravilha; escuta, ó Priyavrata. Ontem, ó melhor dos reis, fui à ilha chamada Śveta. Ali vi um lago adornado com grinaldas de lótus em plena floração.”
Nārada
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic travel-report style (ākhyāna) used to map sacred and idealized landscapes, reflecting how Sanskrit literature encodes cultural geography through narrative testimony.
Śveta-dvīpa (“the White Island”) is named; in Purāṇic cosmography it is typically treated as an ideal or otherworldly region rather than a securely identifiable modern terrestrial location.
No direct injunction is stated; implicitly, the verse frames nature (a lotus-filled lake) as culturally significant and worthy of attentive description, supporting a heritage-oriented valuation of landscapes.
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