Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 55, Shloka 14
Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi
Sanskrit
इत्येते कथिता ब्रह्मन् । मेरोरुत्तरतो नगाः ।
एतेषां पर्वतानान्तु द्रौण्योऽतीव मनोहराः ॥
Transliteration
ity ete kathitā brahman meror uttarato nagāḥ | eteṣāṃ parvatānāṃ tu drauṇyo ’tīva manoharāḥ ||
Translation
हे ब्राह्मण! इस प्रकार मेरु के उत्तर में स्थित ये पर्वत वर्णित किए गए हैं। इन पर्वतों की उपत्यकाएँ अत्यन्त मनोहर हैं।
Speakers
Narrative voice within the Purāṇic discourse (speaker not specified in provided excerpt)
Primary Deities
Meru (cosmic mountain, not a deity)
Key ThemesCosmologySacred Geography