Varaha Purana 75.56: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 56
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
नवतिश्च सहस्राणि योजनानां समन्ततः । ततः षट्काधिकानां च व्यस्यमानं प्रकीर्तितम् । चतुरस्त्रेण मानेन परिणामः समन्ततः ॥ ७५.५६ ॥
navatiś ca sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ samantataḥ | tataḥ ṣaṭkādhikānāṃ ca vyasyamānaṃ prakīrtitam | caturastreṇa mānena pariṇāhaḥ samantataḥ || 75.56 ||
അതിന്റെ വ്യാപ്തി എല്ലാദിക്കുകളിലും തൊണ്ണൂറ്റായിരം യോജന. തുടർന്ന് ആറായിരം യോജന അധികമായി അതിന്റെ വ്യാസമെന്നും പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു. ചതുരശ്ര മാനപ്രകാരം അതിന്റെ പരിസരം എല്ലാഭാഗത്തും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of cosmographic description using yojana-based quantification, reflecting pre-modern Indian traditions of mapping and measuring sacred or cosmic space in literary form.
No specific named location is given in this isolated verse; it appears to describe the dimensions of an entity (region/cosmic feature) discussed in the surrounding context of Adhyāya 75.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical contribution lies in presenting an ordered, measurable cosmos/geography, a common Purāṇic method for framing cultural and sacred space.
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