Varaha Purana 69.3: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 3
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
अथन् महीमहं सर्वां गतवानस्मि पार्थिव । इलावृतं महावर्षं मेरोः पार्श्वे व्यवस्थितम् ॥ ६९.३ ॥
athan mahīmahaṃ sarvāṃ gatavānasmi pārthiva | ilāvṛtaṃ mahāvarṣaṃ meroḥ pārśve vyavasthitam || 69.3 ||
अथ, पार्थिव, अहं सर्वां महीम् अटितवान्। मेरोः पार्श्वे व्यवस्थितं इलावृतं नाम महावर्षं च दृष्टवान्॥
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography, where the earth is mapped through symbolic regions (varṣas) centered on Meru, reflecting a classical Indian encyclopedic mode of describing space and cultural geography.
Ilāvṛta (Ilāvṛta-varṣa) is named as a central region adjacent to Mount Meru in Purāṇic world-models; modern scholarship generally treats it as a mytho-cosmographical location rather than a single mappable terrestrial site.
The verse primarily conveys descriptive cosmography rather than a direct ethical injunction; indirectly, it supports a worldview where the earth is a structured, knowable domain worthy of careful description and cultural remembrance.
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