Varaha Purana 75.31: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 31
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
हेमकूटात् तु निषधं हरिवर्षं तदुच्यते । हरिवर्षात् परं चैव मेरुपार्श्व इलावृतम् ॥ ७५.३१ ॥
hemakūṭāt tu niṣadhaṃ harivarṣaṃ tad ucyate | harivarṣāt paraṃ caiva merupārśva ilāvṛtam || 75.31 ||
हेमकूट के बाद निषाद पहाड़ आता है। वो इलाका हरिवर्ष के नाम से जाना जाता है। हरिवर्ष के पार मेरु पहाड़ की तरफ इलावृत नाम की जगह है।
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic cosmographic schema—mapping named regions (varṣas) in relation to Meru—useful for understanding how early Sanskrit literature organized sacred geography and world-description.
Ilāvṛta, described as situated by the flank of Mount Meru, is a central region in Purāṇic cosmology rather than a securely identifiable modern terrestrial location; it functions as a conceptual ‘center’ within the Jambūdvīpa model.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily conveys classificatory knowledge (naming and locating regions), which in Purāṇic contexts supports cultural memory of sacred landscapes and ordered cosmology.
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