Varaha Purana 77.5: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 5
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
योऽसौ मेरुर्द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रोक्तः कनकपर्वतः । विष्कम्भांस्तस्य वक्ष्यामि शृणुध्वं गदतस्तु तान् ॥ ७७.५ ॥
yo'sau merur dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ proktaḥ kanakaparvataḥ | viṣkambhāṁs tasya vakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṁ gadatas tu tān || 77.5 ||
द्विजों, मेरु को सोना का पहाड़ कहते हैं। अब मैं बताता हूँ कितना बड़ा है। ध्यान से सुनो।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a standard Purāṇic cosmographical method: announcing a measurable description of a key mythic-geographical axis (Meru) and framing it as authoritative instruction to learned listeners.
Mount Meru is identified as a central cosmological mountain rather than a single verifiable terrestrial site; scholarly discussions often treat it as a mythic axis mundi with possible inspirations in Himalayan and Central Asian mountain imaginaries.
No direct moral injunction is stated here; the verse primarily instructs attentive listening and transmission of structured knowledge about the world’s sacred geography.
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