Varaha Purana 81.37: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 37
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
अञ्जने महोरगाः॥
añjane mahoragāḥ
अंजन पर्वत पर बड़े साँप रहते हैं। इनको महोरग कहते हैं।
Varāha
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It preserves a category of beings (mahoraga) within Purāṇic cosmology and locates them spatially, informing studies of mythic ecology and classification.
Añjana appears as a named peak/place in the Meru complex in the text; modern identification is not definitive.
No explicit ethical instruction is present; it is a locational note.
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