Varaha Purana 214.49: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 49
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
शैलोत्तमो महामेरुः कैलासो गन्धमादनः ॥ हिमवान्हेमकूटश्च निषधश्च महागिरिः ॥
śailottamo mahāmeruḥ kailāso gandhamādanaḥ || himavān hemakūṭaś ca niṣadhaś ca mahāgiriḥ ||
बड़ी पहाड़ियों के नाम सुनो। मेरु, कैलास, गंधमादन। फिर हिमाचल, हेमकूट, निषध। ये सब बड़े पहाड़ हैं।
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic mountain catalogue combining cosmographic (Meru) and terrestrial (Himavān) reference frames.
Himavān broadly corresponds to the Himalayan region; Kailāsa is associated with the Kailash area in the trans-Himalayan cultural sphere, while Meru functions primarily as a cosmographic axis in Purāṇic models.
Mountains are treated as culturally protected landmarks; the implicit instruction is restraint and reverence toward prominent natural formations.
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