Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 17
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
तुङ्गप्रस्थो नागगिरिस्तथा गोवर्धनाचलः उज्जायनः पुष्पगिरिरर्बुदो रैवतस्तथा
tuṅgaprastho nāgagiristathā govardhanācalaḥ ujjāyanaḥ puṣpagirirarbudo raivatastathā
Sont aussi énumérées comme montagnes : Tuṅgaprastha, Nāgagiri, Govardhanācala, Ujjāyana, Puṣpagiri, Arbuda, et de même Raivata.
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FAQs
The verse encourages a dharmic imagination where places are not inert: they are carriers of memory and merit (puṇya). Such catalogues support pilgrimage disciplines—self-control, charity, and worship—by anchoring them to specific locales.
As with other tīrtha-mahātmya materials, it sits alongside cosmographic description used by Purāṇas to situate lineages and sacred acts in a mapped world—adjacent to sarga/pratisarga frameworks rather than vamśa narratives.
Names like Govardhana evoke protection and divine shelter (in wider Vaiṣṇava memory), while Arbuda/Raivata evoke regional sanctity. The catalogue thus stitches sectarian and regional sacred spaces into a single, non-exclusive sacred geography.