Varaha Purana 77.25: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 25
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
स केतुः केतुमालानां देवगन्धर्वसेवितः । केतुमालेति विख्यातो नाम्ना तत्र प्रकीर्तितः । तन्निबोधत विप्रेन्द्रा निरुक्तं नामकर्मणः ॥ ७७.२५ ॥
sa ketuḥ ketumālānāṁ devagandharvasevitaḥ | ketumāleti vikhyāto nāmnā tatra prakīrtitaḥ | tannibodhata viprendrā niruktaṁ nāmakarmaṇaḥ || 77.25 ||
वो केतु जो है, वहाँ देवता और गंधर्व भी रहते हैं। इसलिए उस जगह का नाम केतुमाला पड़ गया। अब सुनो इस नाम का मतलब क्या है और यह कैसे बना।
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It illustrates a Purāṇic method of linking cosmological geography with philological explanation (nirukta), where place-names and figures are justified through etymology and narrative tradition.
The verse references “Ketumāla,” commonly treated in Purāṇic cosmography as a named region/varṣa; this passage frames the name as deriving from (or being associated with) a figure called Ketu.
The verse primarily instructs attentive learning and careful understanding of naming/etymology (nibodhata… niruktam), emphasizing disciplined transmission of cultural and geographic knowledge rather than a direct moral injunction.
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