Varaha Purana 81.89: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 89
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
इत्येतेऽष्टौ देवपर्वता विज्ञेयाः ।
ity ete'ṣṭau devaparvatā vijñeyāḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ഇവ എട്ടും ‘ദേവപർവതങ്ങൾ’ എന്നു അറിയേണ്ടതാണ്।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It acts as a formal colophon-like summary line, indicating a structured list tradition (eight ‘devaparvatas’) valuable for cataloguing Purāṇic geographic taxonomies.
No single mountain is named here; it summarizes the preceding list as a set of eight.
Recognition and documentation of significant natural landmarks as part of cultural heritage classification.
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