Varaha Purana 75.38: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 38
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
तस्य प्रतीच्यां विज्ञेयः पर्वतो गन्धमादनः । आयामोच्छ्रयविस्तारात् तुल्यो माल्यवता तु सः ॥ ७५.३८ ॥
tasya pratīcyāṃ vijñeyaḥ parvato gandhamādanaḥ | āyāmocchrayavistārāt tulyo mālyavatā tu saḥ || 75.38 ||
इसके पश्चिम में गंधमादन पर्वत है। इसकी लंबाई, ऊँचाई और चौड़ाई माल्यवान के बराबर है।
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic catalogue in which mountains are mapped relationally (e.g., by cardinal direction) and compared by dimensions, reflecting premodern Indian geographic imagination and textual cartography.
Gandhamādana is named as a mountain to the west of the referenced region; in scholarship it is treated as a Purāṇic toponym that may not correspond unambiguously to a single modern mountain, but is often discussed alongside Himalayan and trans-Himalayan mytho-geographies.
The verse primarily conveys descriptive knowledge rather than a direct ethical injunction; indirectly, it participates in a cultural-heritage framework that values careful naming, orientation, and preservation of knowledge about landscapes.
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