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Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 18

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.18

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Sanskrit Original

ततो दुर्गाणि ताश चक्रुर वार्क्षं पार्वतम औदकम कृत्रिमं च तथा दुर्गं पुरखर्वटकादि यत ।।

tato durgāṇi tāś cakrur vārkṣaṃ pārvatam audakam kṛtrimaṃ ca tathā durgaṃ purakharvaṭakādi yat ||

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Then they created fortifications, the mountainous and watery ones, and also the artificial fortifications like Purakharvataka.