Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 12
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
विस्तारोच्छ्रयिणो रम्या विपुलाश्चात्र सानवः ।
कोलाहलः सवैभ्राजो मन्दरो दर्दुराचलः ॥
vistārocchrayiṇo ramyā vipulāś cātra sānavaḥ | kolāhalaḥ savaibhrājo mandaro dardurācalaḥ ||
यहाँ रमणीय, विस्तृत और अत्यन्त ऊँची पर्वत-श्रेणियाँ अपनी-अपनी शिखर-रेखाओं सहित हैं—कोलाहल, वैभ्राज, मन्दर और दर्दुर पर्वत।
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FAQs
Naming and praising the land’s features reinforces a sacralized ecology: mountains are not inert matter but revered presences within a dharmic world.
‘Sthāna’—regional description and cataloguing.
The ‘high and expansive’ mountains can symbolize expanded consciousness and elevated aspiration; ridges (sānu) suggest stages or ‘levels’ of ascent.