Meru-Topography: Cities of Brahmā and the Dikpālas; Descent of Gaṅgā; Varṣa-Lotus and Boundary Mountains
त्रिशृङ्गो जारुधैस्तद्वदुत्तरे वर्षपर्वतौ / पूर्वपश्चायतावेतौ अर्णवान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ
triśṛṅgo jārudhaistadvaduttare varṣaparvatau / pūrvapaścāyatāvetau arṇavāntarvyavasthitau
北方には、トリシュリンガ(Triśṛṅga)とジャールダー(Jārudhā)と名づけられたヴァルシャの山々がある。両山は東西に長く延び、その間に広がる大海の中にそびえ立つ。
Suta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s sacred geography in response to the sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
This verse is primarily cosmographic, mapping sacred geography; it does not directly teach Atman-doctrine, but it frames the Purana’s worldview in which the ordered cosmos is understood as sustained by the Divine.
No specific Yoga practice is taught in this line; it belongs to the Kurma Purana’s geography section, while Yoga and Pāśupata-oriented disciplines are emphasized more explicitly in the Upari-bhaga (including the Ishvara Gita chapters).
It does not explicitly mention Shiva–Vishnu unity; the verse focuses on the northern Varṣa-mountains, though the Kurma Purana overall integrates Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis in its theological sections.