Varaha Purana 81.88: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 88
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तत्र च यक्षादीनां केचित् पुराणि तस्य चोत्तरतीरे जातुचे महापर्वते त्रिंशद्योजनमण्डलं नन्दजलं नाम सरस् तत्र नन्दो नाम नागराजा वसति शतशीर्षप्रचण्ड इति ।
tatra ca yakṣādīnāṃ kecit purāṇi tasya cottara-tīre jātuc e mahā-parvate triṃśad-yojana-maṇḍalaṃ nanda-jalaṃ nāma saras tatra nando nāma nāgarājā vasati śata-śīrṣa-pracaṇḍa iti
वहाँ पुरानी कहानियाँ हैं यक्षों और दूसरों की। उसके उत्तर की तरफ, जातुचा नाम के बड़े पर्वत पर, नन्दजल नाम का एक तालाब है। यह तीस योजन फैला हुआ है। वहाँ नन्द नाम का नाग राजा रहता है। उसके सौ सर हैं और वो बहुत तेज़ है।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a layered landscape memory: named mountains and lakes are combined with mythic beings (Yakṣas, Nāgas), a hallmark of Purāṇic cultural geography.
Jātuca (a mountain) and Nandajala (a lake) are named; modern identification remains uncertain without corroborating regional toponyms and manuscript parallels.
The verse implicitly frames lakes and mountain-banks as protected cultural-ecological zones, emphasizing their significance in collective memory and stewardship.
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