Varaha Purana 74.8: Adhyaya 74, Shloka 8
Measures of the Earth and the Cosmos: The Expansion of the Universe and the Division of Continents and Regions
भुवनस्य प्रसङ्गेन मन्वन्तरमिदं शुभम् । स्वायम्भुवं च कथितं मनोर्द्वीपान्निबोधत ॥ ७४.८ ॥
bhuvanasya prasaṅgena manvantaram idaṁ śubham | svāyambhuvaṁ ca kathitaṁ manor dvīpān nibodhata || 74.8 ||
Sehubungan dengan kisah tentang alam-alam, Manvantara yang mulia ini—iaitu Svāyambhuva Manvantara—telah dihuraikan. Kini, ketahuilah tentang dvīpa (pulau-benua) milik Manu.
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It signals a transition within a Purāṇic cosmological exposition: after introducing an auspicious Manvantara (Svāyambhuva), the text turns to the dvīpa schema, a standard organizing framework in Purāṇic geography and chronology.
No single terrestrial site is named here; the verse introduces the dvīpas (cosmic ‘islands/continents’) associated with Manu, a conventional Purāṇic model rather than a directly mappable modern location in this line.
The verse primarily functions as a pedagogical cue—inviting careful learning (nibodhata) of cosmological-geographical order—rather than issuing a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction emphasizes disciplined understanding of the narrated cosmic framework.
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