Varaha Purana 75.52: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 52
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
उत्तरं रक्तवर्णं तु तस्य पार्श्वं महात्मनः । मेरुस्तु शोभते शुक्लो राजवंशे तु धिष्टितः ॥ ७५.५२ ॥
uttaraṃ raktavarṇaṃ tu tasya pārśvaṃ mahātmanaḥ | merus tu śobhate śuklo rājavaṃśe tu dhiṣṭhitaḥ || 75.52 ||
उत्तर तरफ इसका रंग लाल है। लेकिन मेरु पहाड़ खुद सफेद है और चमकता है। यह राजपरिवार में स्थित है।
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It reflects Purāṇic cosmography, where Mount Meru functions as a central axis in the imagined geography of the world, using directional and color-based descriptors typical of early Sanskrit cosmological literature.
Mount Meru is named; in scholarship it is generally treated as a mythic cosmic mountain (axis mundi) rather than a single, securely identifiable modern terrestrial peak.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical value lies in presenting an ordered cosmos, a common Purāṇic framework used to contextualize human life, polity, and cultural geography within a structured world.
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