Varaha Purana 86.19: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 19
Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa
Cosmographic Geography
सैव नारदो वर्ण्यते तस्मिंश्च नारदपर्वतादुत्पन्नो तस्य चापरेण श्यामो नाम गिरिः॥
saiva nārado varṇyate tasmiṃś ca nāradaparvatād utpanno tasya cāpareṇa śyāmo nāma giriḥ
वही पहाड़ नारद के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। नारद पहाड़ के पास एक और पहाड़ है, उसका नाम श्याम है।
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It illustrates Purāṇic naming practices (one feature bearing multiple appellations) and a genealogical-style description of landforms ('arising from' another mountain).
Nāradā/Nāradaparvata and the adjacent Śyāma mountain within Kūśadvīpa; these are typically treated as cosmographic rather than empirically locatable.
The passage is descriptive; its philosophical function is to map an ordered cosmos rather than prescribe conduct.
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