Shloka 73
सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
यः श्वेतस्योत्तरे शैलः शृङ्गवान् इति विश्रुतः त्रीणि तस्य तु शृङ्गाणि यैर् असौ शृङ्गवान् स्मृतः
yaḥ śvetasyottare śailaḥ śṛṅgavān iti viśrutaḥ trīṇi tasya tu śṛṅgāṇi yair asau śṛṅgavān smṛtaḥ
To the north of Mount Śveta stands a peak renowned as Śṛṅgavān. It is said to have three summits; therefore it is remembered as “the three‑peaked one.”
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Sacred geography/landmarks used to explain celestial motions and seasonal divisions.
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: descriptive
Cosmic Hierarchy: Varshas
FAQs
They function as cosmographic markers that organize the world’s sacred geography, showing an ordered universe whose structure is described as part of dharmic and divine design.
He often gives relational directions (e.g., ‘north of Śveta’) and defining features (here, ‘three peaks’) to anchor a systematic description of the world’s mountain systems.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a verse, the cosmological mapping belongs to a Vishnu-centered Purana where the ordered cosmos is ultimately upheld by the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.