Shloka 8
हेमकूटात् परं चैव हरिवर्ष प्रचक्षते । दक्षिणेन तु नीलस्य निषधस्योत्तरेण तु,हेमकूट पर्वतसे आगे हरिवर्षकी स्थिति बतायी जाती है। महाभाग! नीलगिरिके दक्षिण और निषधपर्वतके उत्तर पूर्वसे पश्चिमकी ओर फैला हुआ माल्यवान् नामक पर्वत है। माल्यवानसे आगे गन्धमादन पर्वत है
hemakūṭāt paraṃ caiva harivarṣaṃ pracakṣate | dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa tu ||
Sañjaya said: “Beyond the Hemakūṭa mountain, they describe the region called Harivarṣa. It lies to the south of Nīla and to the north of Niṣadha—thus marking, in the sacred geography, the ordered boundaries of the world as understood by the tradition.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys a traditional, ordered mapping of the world: regions are defined by clear natural boundaries (mountain ranges). This reflects the epic’s concern with cosmic order—how reality is structured and named within inherited knowledge.
Sañjaya is describing the layout of major regions and mountains, locating Harivarṣa relative to Hemakūṭa, Nīla, and Niṣadha as part of a broader geographic/cosmographic account within Bhīṣma Parva.