Varaha Purana 75.66: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 66
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
अनेकपर्णनिचयं सौवर्णमरुणप्रभम् । कान्तं सहस्रपर्वाणं सहस्रोदरकन्दरम् । सहस्रशतपत्रं च वृत्तमेकं नगोत्कतमम् ॥ ७५.६६ ॥
anekaparṇanicayaṃ sauvarṇāruṇaprabham | kāntaṃ sahasraparvāṇaṃ sahasrodarakandaram | sahasraśatapatraṃ ca vṛttam ekaṃ nagottamam || 75.66 ||
यह एक बड़ा पहाड़ है, गोल शेप में। इसके बहुत सारे पत्ते हैं। सोने जैसा चमकता है, लाली भी है। देखने में अच्छा लगता है। हज़ारों कढ़वियाँ हैं, हज़ारों गुफाएँ अंदर। कमल जैसे फूल भी हैं, पत्ते हज़ारों हैं।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in fragment)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic sacred-geography style: highly ornate, catalog-like landscape description used to map culturally significant terrain into a cosmological and literary framework.
No specific toponym is present in this isolated verse; it describes an archetypal 'nagottama' (excellent mountain). Identification would require adjacent verses naming the site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction is indirect—cultivating attentiveness to the complexity and perceived value of natural formations within a sacred-geographic worldview.
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