Varaha Purana 82.6: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 6
The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division
सा मेरोः सुदर्शनं करोति ।
sā meroḥ sudarśanaṁ karoti |
यह नदी मेरु पर्वत को बहुत अच्छा दिखती है। मेरु पर्वत चमकने लगता है।
Rudra
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Meru functions as a central axis-mountain in Purāṇic cosmology; associating rivers with Meru integrates hydrology into the cosmic geography framework.
Meru is identified as a cosmological mountain; it is not a single securely mappable modern location in academic consensus.
No explicit ethical instruction; it reinforces an aesthetic-cosmological valuation of landscape features.
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