Varaha Purana 75.61: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 61
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
कर्णिका तस्य पद्मस्य समन्तात् परिमण्डला । योजनानां सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः ॥ ७५.६१ ॥
karṇikā tasya padmasya samantāt parimaṇḍalā | yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ || 75.61 ||
Die Karnikā (der zentrale Kern) jenes Lotos ist ringsum kreisförmig; nach dem Maßstab der Yojana-Messung erstreckt sie sich über Tausende von Yojanas.
Varāha
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography, using lotus imagery and yojana-based measurement to describe the structure and scale of a conceived world-system; such passages are important for the history of Indian scientific and geographic imagination.
No specific terrestrial site is named in this verse; it describes a schematic cosmographic feature (a ‘lotus’ structure) rather than a directly mappable historical location.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse functions descriptively, contributing to a broader cosmological framework that later Purāṇic sections may connect to cultural heritage and sacred geography.
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