Varaha Purana 75.54: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 54
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्विस्तृतः षोडशैव तु । शरावसंस्थितत्वाच्च द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः ॥ ७५.५४ ॥
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastād vistṛtaḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu | śarāvasaṃsthitatvāc ca dvātriṃśan mūrdhni vistṛtaḥ || 75.54 ||
यह नीचे सोलह योजन गया है। चारों तरफ भी सोलह योजन फैला है। क्योंकि यह एक कटोरे जैसा है, ऊपर की तरफ बत्तीस योजन चौड़ा है।
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic practice of describing cosmic or terrestrial structures through proportional measurements and everyday material analogies, reflecting premodern South Asian cosmographic discourse.
No specific toponym appears in this verse; it functions as a formal/structural description rather than a site-identification passage.
The verse is primarily descriptive (cosmographic/structural) and does not directly articulate an ethical injunction; its philosophical value lies in portraying ordered structure and proportion in the described domain.
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