Shloka 41
सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः
विद्रुमो हेमशैलश् च द्युतिमान् पुष्पवांस् तथा कुशेशयो हरिश् चैव सप्तमो मन्दराचलः
vidrumo hemaśailaś ca dyutimān puṣpavāṃs tathā kuśeśayo hariś caiva saptamo mandarācalaḥ
Diese Berge sind Vidrumā und Hemaśaila, Dyutimān und Puṣpavān, Kuśeśaya und Hari; und als siebter der große Mandarācala.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Sacred geography and the ordered structure of the dvīpas (mountain supports/boundaries).
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Cosmic Hierarchy: Dvipas
Concept: Cosmic order (niyati) is expressed through fixed supports—mountain-ranges that demarcate and stabilize the regions of a dvīpa.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Contemplate the Purāṇic vision of order and restraint (maryādā) as a model for inner discipline and ethical boundaries.
Vishishtadvaita: The world’s structured arrangement is meaningful and sustained within the Lord’s governance, affirming a real, ordered jagat rather than an illusory one.
FAQs
They function as named principal/boundary mountains in the Purāṇic description of Jambudvīpa, marking the ordered layout of the world and its divisions.
He proceeds by enumerating geographic constituents—varṣas, rivers, and mountains—using authoritative lists that present the cosmos as a structured, intelligible order.
Even when the verse is purely geographic, the Vishnu Purana frames such order as ultimately grounded in Viṣṇu’s sovereignty—cosmic structure is an expression of the Supreme Reality sustaining the worlds.