Varaha Purana 81.60: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 60
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तस्यैव च पश्चिमकूटे अशीतियोजनायामं चत्वारिंशद्विस्तृतमेकैकं यक्षनगरम्।
tasyaiva ca paścimakūṭe aśītiyojanāyāmaṃ catvāriṃśadvistṛtam ekaikaṃ yakṣanagaram.
पश्चिम तरफ पर्वत पर यक्षों की शहर हैं। हर शहर अस्सी योजन लंबी और चालीस योजन चौड़ी है।
Varāha
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It continues the Purāṇic use of standardized spatial metrics and locates Yakṣa settlements within a directional landscape model.
A ‘western peak’ (paścimakūṭa) of the previously mentioned region; the excerpt alone does not allow modern identification.
No direct ethical instruction; the verse is a topographic and administrative description.
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