Varaha Purana 75.58: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 58
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
तत्र देवगणाः सर्वे गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसाः । शैलराजे प्रमोदन्ते तथैवाप्सरसां गणाः ॥ ७५.५८ ॥
tatra devagaṇāḥ sarve gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ | śailarāje pramodante tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ || 75.58 ||
वहाँ देवता, गंधर्व, नाग और राक्षस सब खुश रहते हैं। वो बड़े पहाड़ पर मस्ती करते हैं। अप्सरा भी वहाँ गाने-बजाने में लगी रहती हैं।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic sacred-geography style, where a landscape is framed as a culturally significant space inhabited by multiple classes of mythic beings, reflecting how places were valorized in premodern Sanskrit literary traditions.
The verse names “Śailarāja” (the ‘king of mountains’) without a specific toponym in this fragment; scholarly identification depends on the surrounding chapter context where the mountain and its associated tīrtha or region may be specified.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily functions as descriptive sacred geography, presenting the mountain as an ordered, celebratory habitat—supporting a broader Purāṇic theme of valuing and preserving culturally significant landscapes.
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