Adhyaya 54 — Cosmography of Jambudvipa: Continents, Oceans, Varshas, and Mount Meru
जम्बुद्वीपस्य संस्थानं प्रवक्ष्येऽहं निबोध मे ।
लक्षमेकं योजनानां वृत्तौ विस्तारदैर्घ्यतः ॥
jambudvīpasya saṃsthānaṃ pravakṣye 'haṃ nibodha me | lakṣam ekaṃ yojanānāṃ vṛttau vistāra-dairghyataḥ ||
これよりジャンブ・ドヴィーパ(Jambu-dvīpa)の形状を説こう。わたしの言葉を聞け。その周囲の広がりは一ラクシャ(十万)ヨージャナであり、幅も長さもまた同じである。
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By framing geography as teachable knowledge, the Purāṇa models śravaṇa (attentive listening) and transmission of tradition as a dharmic act.
This is 'Sthāna'—the Purāṇic mapping of the world with standard measures and divisions.
Measurements in Purāṇic cosmology often function as contemplative supports—vast scales shift attention from the personal to the cosmic, aiding disidentification from the limited self.