Varaha Purana 77.10: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 10
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
तेषां शृङ्गेषु चत्वारो महावृक्षाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । देवदैत्याप्सरोभिश्च सेविता गुणसंचयैः ॥ ७७.१० ॥
teṣāṁ śṛṅgeṣu catvāro mahāvṛkṣāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | devadaityāpsarobhiś ca sevitā guṇasaṁcayaiḥ || 77.10 ||
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of sacred geography in which natural landmarks (mountain peaks and trees) are described as culturally significant features within a cosmological map, indicating how landscapes were conceptualized and narrated in early Sanskrit literature.
No specific toponym is provided in this isolated verse; it refers generally to “their peaks,” implying mountains already introduced in the surrounding passage.
Implicitly, the verse elevates prominent natural features (great trees on mountain peaks) as worthy of attention and care, aligning with Purāṇic themes that treat landscapes as repositories of value and cultural heritage rather than as merely utilitarian space.
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