Varaha Purana 76.10: Adhyaya 76, Shloka 10
Description of Svarga: Amarāvatī, the Sudharmā Assembly Hall, and the Directional Cities
तत्तद्गुणवती रम्या पुरी वैवस्वतस्य च । नाम्ना संयमनी नाम पुरी त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता ॥ ७६.१० ॥
tattadguṇavatī ramyā purī vaivasvatasya ca | nāmnā saṃyamanī nāma purī trailokyaviśrutā || 76.10 ||
Essa cidade encantadora, dotada de tais excelências, pertence também a Vaivasvata (Yama); por nome chama-se Saṃyamanī, cidade afamada nos três mundos.
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious; attentive to cosmological mapping","key_question":"None (implicit: identification of renowned cities and their presiding lords)"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethical metaphysics","core_concept":"Cosmic governance includes moral adjudication; Yama’s realm symbolizes the inevitability of karmic accounting and the virtue of self-restraint (saṃyama).","practical_application":"Practice saṃyama—truthfulness, restraint, non-harm—remembering that actions have orderly consequences within a dharma-governed cosmos."}
Subject Matter: ["Geography","Cosmology","Heritage Sites"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: cosmic city / dharma-loka administration center
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 76.76 (catalog of dik-cities)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A splendid yet awe-inspiring city—Saṃyamanī—associated with Yama Vaivasvata, renowned across the three worlds.","item_prompts":["dark-lustrous city gates with orderly symmetry","Yama iconography: staff/daṇḍa, buffalo mount (suggested), attendants","scrolls or ledgers symbolizing karmic record","three-world motif (heaven/earth/nether) as layered bands"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Yama in deep blues/greens with ornate jewelry, daṇḍa in hand; Saṃyamanī as structured palace-city; restrained palette with dramatic contrast.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: Yama with gold-leaf crown and halo; city rendered with embossed gold architecture; karmic ledger motifs in relief.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined courtly depiction of Yama; Saṃyamanī palace with delicate pillars; subtle chiaroscuro to suggest solemnity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative panel—Varāha narrating, with a vignette of Yama’s city; fine detailing of attendants and palace courtyards."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"solemn, authoritative","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"grave, measured emphasis on ‘saṃyamanī’ and ‘trilokya-viśrutā’"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic toponym—Saṃyamanī—associated with Vaivasvata (Yama), illustrating how Purāṇic literature maps moral-cosmological ideas onto named places within a three-world (trailokya) framework.
Saṃyamanī is identified as the city of Vaivasvata (Yama). In scholarship it is typically treated as a cosmographic/puranic locale rather than a securely pinpointed terrestrial site.
The verse does not issue a direct ethical injunction; instead, it situates the narrative within a moral-cosmological geography by naming a renowned city linked to Yama, a figure associated with order and judgment.
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