Varaha Purana 75.37: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 37
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
योजनानां सहस्रे द्वे विष्कम्भोच्छ्रय एव च । आयामतश्चतुस्त्रिंशत् सहस्राणि प्रकीर्तितः ॥ ७५.३७ ॥
yojanānāṁ sahasre dve viṣkambhocchraya eva ca | āyāmataś catuḥstriṁśat sahasrāṇi prakīrtitaḥ || 75.37 ||
इस पर्वत की चौड़ाई और ऊँचाई बराबर है, दोनों दो हज़ार योजन हैं। इसकी लंबाई चौतीस हज़ार योजन बताई गई है।
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic style of describing the world through standardized numerical dimensions, reflecting premodern South Asian scholarly interests in mapping sacred and cosmic space.
The excerpt does not name a specific place; it describes dimensions of an entity within a broader cosmographic account, so no secure modern geographic identification can be made from this verse alone.
No direct ethical injunction appears here; the verse functions primarily as descriptive cosmography, contributing indirectly to cultural heritage by systematizing a traditional understanding of space and scale.
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