Varaha Purana 75.79: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 79
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
दशयोजनविस्तीर्णा चक्रपाटोपनिर्गता । सा तूर्द्ध्ववाहिनी चापि नदी भूमौ प्रतिष्ठिता ॥ ७५.७९ ॥
daśa-yojana-vistīrṇā cakrapāṭopanirgatā | sā tūrdhva-vāhinī cāpi nadī bhūmau pratiṣṭhitā || 75.79 ||
وكان عرضُها عشرةَ يوجَنة، إذ خرجت (النهر) من فتحة «تشَكْرَپاطَة». وذلك النهر—وهو يجري صعوداً أيضاً—قد استقرّ وثبت على وجه الأرض.
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of sacred-geographic description, combining physical dimensions (yojana-based extent) with mythic causality (emergence from a cakra-associated opening), reflecting how landscapes were culturally mapped in early Sanskrit literature.
The verse describes a river characterized by a ten-yojana extent and an origin at a 'cakrapāṭa' (discus-opening). The specific modern identification is not explicit in this isolated fragment; it is typically determined by reading the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 75.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse contributes to a heritage-oriented worldview in which rivers are treated as foundational features of the earth’s ordered landscape—supporting an implied principle of cultural and environmental stewardship toward waterways.
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