Varaha Purana 77.4: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 4
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
जठरो देवकूटश्च पूर्वस्यां दिशि पर्वतौ । पूर्वपश्चायतावेतावर्णवान्तरव्यवस्थितौ । मर्यादापर्वतान् एतानष्टानाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ ७७.४ ॥
jaṭharo devakūṭaś ca pūrvasyāṁ diśi parvatau | pūrva-paścāyatāv etāv arṇavāntar-vyavasthitau | maryādā-parvatān etān aṣṭān āhur manīṣiṇaḥ || 77.4 ||
पूरब की तरफ दो पहाड़ हैं, जठर और देवकूट। दोनों पूरब से पश्चिम तक जाते हैं। समुंदर के बीच में हैं। ज्ञानी लोग इन आठों को सीमा के पहाड़ कहते हैं।
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It preserves a Purāṇic model of world-geography in which major mountains function as recognized natural boundaries (maryādā), reflecting how premodern Sanskrit texts organized space through directional and ocean-delimited features.
The verse names two eastern boundary-mountains, Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa. Their precise modern identification is uncertain; in scholarship they are generally treated as elements of Purāṇic cosmographic mapping rather than directly verifiable contemporary toponyms.
The verse primarily conveys a classificatory principle—recognizing natural features as boundaries that structure inhabited space—supporting a broader cultural emphasis on respecting geographic limits and the ordered layout of the world.
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