Varaha Purana 75.27: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 27
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
द्वीपस्य मण्डलीभावाद् ह्रासवृद्धी प्रकीर्त्यते । वर्षाणां पर्वतानां च यथा चेमे तथोत्तरम् ॥ ७५.२७ ॥
dvīpasya maṇḍalībhāvād hrāsavṛddhī prakīrtyate | varṣāṇāṃ parvatānāṃ ca yathā ceme tathottaram || 75.27 ||
Da der Kontinent (dvīpa) eine kreisförmige Gestalt annimmt, werden sein Schwinden und sein Anwachsen beschrieben; ebenso werden die Regionen (varṣa) und die Berge dargelegt — wie es hier gesagt wurde, so wird es auch im Folgenden beschrieben werden.
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It reflects a Purāṇic encyclopedic style of presenting cosmological geography, using a systematic template (dvīpa–varṣa–parvata) and indicating an ordered continuation of the description.
No single named location is specified in this verse; it refers generically to a dvīpa (continent), its varṣas (regions), and parvatas (mountains) as categories within Purāṇic cosmography.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction is methodological—emphasizing orderly narration and classification of the world’s features rather than a direct moral directive.
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