Varaha Purana 77.32: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 32
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
तेषां नामाङ्कितं वर्षं सप्तानां वै महात्मनाम् । दिवि चेह च विख्याता उत्तरा: कुरवः सदा ॥ ७७.३२ ॥
teṣāṃ nāmāṅkitaṃ varṣaṃ saptānāṃ vai mahātmanām | divi ceha ca vikhyātā uttarāḥ kuravaḥ sadā || 77.32 ||
उस इलाके का नाम उन सात बड़े लोगों के नाम पर पड़ा है। उत्तर कुरु लोग दोनों जगह फेमस हैं - स्वर्ग में भी और दुनिया में भी।
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It reflects the Purāṇic practice of mapping cosmology through named regions and peoples, preserving a layered cultural geography that blends mythic and ethnographic memory.
Uttara Kuru is identified as a famed northern realm in Purāṇic cosmography; in modern scholarship it is typically treated as a mytho-geographic toponym rather than a single securely identifiable historical location.
The verse primarily conveys cultural-geographic valuation—renown and remembrance tied to exemplary figures—rather than a direct moral injunction; it emphasizes the preservation of named heritage within cosmological space.
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