Shloka 4
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
पूर्वेण यत् स्थितं वर्षं भद्राश्वं तन्निबोध मे ।
श्वेतपर्णश्च नीलश्च शैवालश्चाचलोत्तमः ॥
pūrveṇa yat sthitaṃ varṣaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ tan nibodha me / śvetaparṇaś ca nīlaś ca śaivālaś cācalottamaḥ
पूर्वे स्थितं भद्राश्वं नाम वर्षं मत्तोऽवगच्छ। तत्र श्वेतपर्णो नीलः शैवालश्चोत्तमा गिरयः॥
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FAQs
Purāṇic geography is not merely cartography; it is a sacred ordering of space, where named mountains function as cosmic boundaries and dharmic landmarks.
This is ancillary cosmography supporting 'Sarga/Pratisarga' style world-description sections commonly embedded in Purāṇas.
Mountain triads often encode stability and axis-symbolism: fixed ‘acalas’ represent the unshaken supports of the manifested world and of inner discipline.