Varaha Purana 82.18: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 18
The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division
माल्यवतः पूर्वपार्श्वे पूर्वगण्डिका एकशृङ्गाद्योजनसहस्राणि मानतः तत्र च भद्राश्वा नाम जनपदाः भद्रशालवनं च तत्र व्यवस्थितम् ।
mālyavataḥ pūrvapārśve pūrvagaṇḍikā ekaśṛṅgādy-yojanasahasrāṇi mānataḥ tatra ca bhadrāśvā nāma janapadāḥ bhadraśālavanaṃ ca tatra vyavasthitam
माल्यवत पर्वत के पूर्व तरफ पूर्वगंडिका नाम की जगह है। यह एक-शृंग से शुरू होती है और हज़ारों योजन तक फैली है। यहाँ भद्राश्व नाम के देश हैं। भद्रशाला वन भी वही है।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic catalogue of named regions, forests, and measurements, reflecting how early Sanskrit texts organized cosmography and cultural geography through toponyms.
Bhadrāśva (a Purāṇic janapada/region) and the Bhadraśāla forest are named; these are typically treated as mytho-geographic locales within Jambūdvīpa traditions rather than securely mapped modern sites.
The verse is primarily descriptive; its implicit philosophical instruction is the recognition and careful naming of landscapes (mountains, forests, regions) as part of cultural memory and stewardship.
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