Varaha Purana 35.7: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 7
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
क्षीणाभवंस्तदा सर्वा ओषध्यश्च विशेषतः । क्षयं गच्छद्भिरत्यर्थमोषधीभिः सुरर्षभाः ॥ ३५.७ ॥
kṣīṇābhavaṃstadā sarvā oṣadhyaśca viśeṣataḥ | kṣayaṃ gacchadbhiratyarthamoṣadhībhiḥ surarṣabhāḥ || 35.7 ||
तदा सर्वा ओषध्यः क्षीणाभवन्, विशेषतः। ओषधीषु अत्यर्थं क्षयं गच्छन्तीषु, सुरर्षभाः अपि क्षयमापन्नाः॥
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It preserves a Purāṇic motif in which ecological imbalance is described through the depletion of oṣadhis (medicinal plants), reflecting early South Asian literary attention to environmental fragility and resource decline.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it presents a generalized ecological condition rather than a place-specific tīrtha or region.
The verse foregrounds the consequences of unchecked decline of natural resources (especially medicinal flora), implicitly supporting an ethic of environmental stewardship and restraint.
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