Varaha Purana 75.77: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 77
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
त्रिंशद्योजनसाहस्रं चक्रपाटो नगोत्तमः । जारुधिश्चैव शैलेन्द्र इत्येते उत्तराः स्मृताः ॥ ७५.७७ ॥
triṁśad-yojana-sāhasraṁ cakrapāṭo nagottamaḥ | jārudhiś caiva śailendra ity ete uttarāḥ smṛtāḥ || 75.77 ||
चक्रपाट नाम का पहाड़ बहुत बड़ा है, तीस हज़ार योजन तक फैला हुआ। जारुधि भी एक बड़ा पहाड़ है। यह दोनों उत्तर दिशा में बताए गए हैं।
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style geographic catalogue using traditional distance units (yojana), reflecting how early Sanskrit compendia organized regional knowledge through named mountains and directional groupings.
The verse names Cakrapāṭa and Jārudhi as northern entities; their precise modern identifications are uncertain in the absence of corroborating regional glosses or matching toponyms in parallel Purāṇic lists.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical value lies in documenting a cultural-geographic memory of landscapes as structured, named heritage within a broader cosmographic framework.
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