Varaha Purana 84.2: Adhyaya 84, Shloka 2
Description of the Northern Regions: Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Uttarakuru, Candradvīpa, Sūryadvīpa, and Rudrākara
दक्षिणेन तु श्वेतस्य नीलस्य चोत्तरेण च । वायव्यां रम्यकं नाम जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः । मतिप्रधानाः विमला जरादौर्गन्ध्यवर्जिताः ॥ ८४.२ ॥
dakṣiṇena tu śvetasya nīlasya cottareṇa ca | vāyavyāṃ ramyakaṃ nāma jāyante tatra mānavāḥ | matipradhānā vimalā jarādaurgandhyavarjitāḥ || 84.2 ||
श्वेत पहाड़ के दक्षिण में और नील पहाड़ के उत्तर में, उस हिस्से में रम्यक नाम का इलाका है। वहाँ पैदा होने वाले लोग बहुत समझदार होते हैं। उनका दिल साफ होता है। बूढ़ा नहीं होते और उनसे बुरी बदबू नहीं आती।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic sacred geography, using directional orientation and named regions to describe human populations and idealized conditions, a common method for encoding cosmological and cultural maps in early Sanskrit literature.
A region named Ramyaka, situated (in the text’s cosmographic scheme) south of Śveta and north of Nīla, in the northwestern quarter. Modern identification is uncertain and typically treated by scholars as part of Purāṇic cosmology rather than a directly mappable terrestrial site.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse presents an idealized anthropological portrait—valuing intellectual excellence and purity—within a cosmographic description, reflecting a philosophical preference for cultivated mind (mati) and bodily/ethical cleanliness.
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