Varaha Purana 84.1: Adhyaya 84, Shloka 1
Description of the Northern Regions: Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Uttarakuru, Candradvīpa, Sūryadvīpa, and Rudrākara
रुद्र उवाच । उत्तराणां च वर्षाणां दक्षिणानां च सर्वशः । आचक्षते यथान्यायं ये च पर्वतवासिनः । तच्छृणुध्वं मया विप्राः कीर्त्यमानं समाहिताः ॥ ८४.१ ॥
rudra uvāca | uttarāṇāṁ ca varṣāṇāṁ dakṣiṇānāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ | ācakṣate yathānyāyaṁ ye ca parvata-vāsinaḥ | tac chṛṇudhvaṁ mayā viprāḥ kīrtyamānaṁ samāhitāḥ || 84.1 ||
Rudra rzekł: "O północnych regionach oraz podobnie o południowych regionach w ich całości, zgodnie z właściwą konwencją, jak opisują je mieszkańcy gór, słuchajcie, o uczeni, mojego opowiadania, które jest recytowane; pozostańcie uważni."
Rudra
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It functions as a formal preface to a geographical or regional catalogue, indicating reliance on received descriptions (“as mountain-dwellers recount”) and signaling an oral-archival mode typical of Purāṇic compilation.
No single named site appears in this verse; it frames a discussion of “northern” and “southern” regions (varṣa) as broad geographic categories used in Purāṇic cosmography.
The instruction is methodological and pedagogical: the audience is asked to listen with focused attention (samāhita), emphasizing careful reception of transmitted knowledge rather than a prescriptive command.
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