Varaha Purana 79.8: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 8
Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove
सरसस्तस्य तीरे तु तस्मिन् सिद्धनिषेवितम् । सदा पुष्पफलṃ रम्यं तत्र बिल्ववनं महत् ॥ ७९.८ ॥
sarasas tasya tīre tu tasmin siddhaniṣevitam | sadā puṣpaphalaṃ ramyaṃ tatra bilvavanaṃ mahat || 79.8 ||
ณ ฝั่งสระนั้น ในสถานที่ซึ่งเหล่าสิทธะพากันสถิตและเสด็จมา มีป่าต้นบิลวะอันใหญ่ งดงามเสมอ และมีดอกผลอยู่เป็นนิตย์।
Varāha (default—primary instructor voice in the Varāha Purāṇa dialogue framework)
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic mode of mapping cultural heritage onto landscapes: lakeshores, groves, and communities of ascetics/siddhas are presented as features of a sanctified geography, useful for understanding how pilgrimage literature encodes environmental and social memory.
The verse refers generically to “the bank of that lake” and a “great bilva-grove,” without providing a unique toponym in this fragment; precise modern identification is therefore not possible from this single śloka alone.
Implicitly, the verse frames groves and waterside ecosystems as valued cultural-ecological heritage—spaces to be respected and maintained—by depicting them as enduring, life-bearing (flowers/fruits) environments associated with disciplined, exemplary beings (siddhas).
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