Varaha Purana 69.41: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 41
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
समुद्रान् सप्त पश्यामि तथैव कुलपर्वतान् । सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं दृष्टवानस्मि पार्थिव ॥ ६९.४१ ॥
samudrān sapta paśyāmi tathaiva kulaparvatān | saptadvīpavatīṁ pṛthvīṁ dṛṣṭavān asmi pārthiva || 69.41 ||
समुद्रान् सप्त पश्यामि तथा कुलपर्वतानपि; सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं दृष्टवानस्मि पार्थिव।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography: a schematic mapping of the world into seven dvīpas and seven surrounding seas, reflecting classical Indian intellectual traditions of geography and cosmology rather than empirical cartography.
No single terrestrial location is named here; the verse references the cosmographic model of “seven dvīpas” and “seven seas,” a pan-Indian Purāṇic framework rather than a specific, locally identifiable site.
The verse primarily conveys descriptive knowledge (cosmic and terrestrial order). Indirectly, it supports a philosophical instruction of attentive observation and stewardship by framing Earth as an ordered, describable domain under responsible kingship (pārthiva).
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