Varaha Purana 77.7: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 7
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
दशयोजनसाहस्रं व्यायामस्तेषु शङ्क्यते । तिर्यगूर्ध्वं च रचिता हरितालतटैर्वृताः ॥ ७७.७ ॥
daśayojanasāhastraṃ vyāyāmas teṣu śaṅkyate | tiryagūrdhvaṃ ca racitā haritālataṭair vṛtāḥ || 77.7 ||
इनका साइज़ दस हज़ार योजना माना जाता है। यह साइड से भी बने हैं, ऊपर से भी। हरितला के किनारये इन्को ढाके हुए हैं।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic style of describing space through large-scale measurements (yojanas) and boundary materials, reflecting premodern South Asian literary geography rather than modern cartography.
No single terrestrial site is named in this verse; it describes a generalized cosmographic feature characterized by size and enclosing margins.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical value lies in presenting an ordered, bounded cosmos, a common Purāṇic framework used to contextualize human conduct within a structured world.
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