Varaha Purana 86.38: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 38
Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa
Cosmographic Geography
वृत्तिमत्तदेव मानसं महिषस्य प्रभाकरम् ।
vṛttimat tadeva mānasaṃ mahiṣasya prabhākaram
उस इलाके का नाम मानस है। यह वही जगह है जहाँ महिष का चमकदार रूप है, जैसे सूरज चमकता है।
Varāha
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic practice of cataloguing sacred/legendary regions using poetic epithets, aiding the study of ancient Indian geographical imagination.
‘Mānasam’ is named; in comparative scholarship it is often discussed alongside ‘Mānasa/Mānasa-sarovara’ traditions, though the fragment alone does not fix a single modern identification.
No direct ethical injunction appears; the emphasis is on naming and remembering culturally significant landscapes.
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