Varaha Purana 80.2: Adhyaya 80, Shloka 2
Cosmographic Ordering of the Southern and Western Quarters: Valleys, Forest-Plateaus, and Sacred Sites
फलितं तद्वनं भाति महाकूर्मोपमैः फलैः ॥ तद्वनं देवयोन्योऽष्टौ सेवन्ते सर्वदैव ॥ ८०.२ ॥
phalitaṃ tad vanaṃ bhāti mahākūrmopamaiḥ phalaiḥ || tad vanaṃ devayonyo 'ṣṭau sevante sarvadaiva || 80.2 ||
ఆ వనం ఫలభారంతో వంగి ప్రకాశిస్తుంది; అందులోని ఫలాలు మహాకూర్మములంత పెద్దవిగా ఉన్నాయి. ఆ వనాన్ని దేవయోనులైన ఎనిమిది సదా సేవిస్తుంటారు.
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary mode in which landscapes are catalogued through signs of abundance (fruit, radiance) and association with non-human/divine beings, supporting the text’s broader cultural mapping of sacred environments.
No explicit toponym appears in this fragment; it refers generically to “that forest” (tad vanam). Scholarly identification would depend on adjacent verses in Adhyāya 80 that may supply a place-name or pilgrimage context.
Implicitly, the verse frames the forest as a valued heritage ecology—an abundant, frequented environment—supporting a preservation-oriented reading consistent with Purāṇic respect for sacred natural spaces.
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