Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 16
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
कोलाहलः सवैभ्राजो मन्दरो दुर्दराचलः वातन्धमो वैद्युतश्च मैनाकः सरसस्तथा
kolāhalaḥ savaibhrājo mandaro durdarācalaḥ vātandhamo vaidyutaśca mainākaḥ sarasastathā
Parmi les montagnes énumérées figurent : Kolāhala, Savaibhrāja, Mandara, Durdarācala, Vātandhama, Vaidyuta, Maināka, et de même Sarasa.
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FAQs
The passage models a Puranic way of sacralizing the world: geography is remembered as a religious map. Ethical import is indirect—pilgrimage and remembrance (smarana) cultivate reverence, restraint, and a sense of living in a cosmos filled with sacred presence.
This is best placed under ancillary material supporting tīrtha/glory narratives; within the five marks it aligns most closely with contextual world-description that accompanies sarga/pratisarga-style cosmography, though it is not a creation account itself.
Named mountains function as cosmic ‘pillars’ of stability and memory. The inclusion of well-known peaks (e.g., Mandara, Maināka) ties local/ritual geography to pan-Indic mythic geography, reinforcing continuity between myth and lived landscape.