Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 55, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi
पश्चिमेन तथा मेरोर् विस्कम्भात् पश्चिमाद्वहिः । एतेऽचलाः समाख्याताḥ शृणुष्वन्यांस्तथोत्तरान् ॥
paścimena tathā meror viskambhāt paścimādvahiḥ | ete ’calāḥ samākhyātāḥ śṛṇuṣv anyāṃs tathottarān ||
इस प्रकार मेरु के पश्चिम में—उसकी सीमा के बाहर, विस्तार से परे—इन पर्वतों के नाम कहे गए। अब उत्तर के अन्य पर्वतों को भी सुनो।
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FAQs
The instruction ‘listen’ underscores śruti-like pedagogy in Purāṇas: knowledge is transmitted as ordered hearing, cultivating attentiveness and memory.
Organizational cosmography; it functions as connective tissue within sarga/pratisarga-style world description.
The movement from west to north mirrors circumambulation-like sequencing, suggesting a ritualized traversal of cosmic directions.