Varaha Purana 75.78: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 78
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
एतेषां शैलमुख्यानामुत्तरेषु यथाक्रमः । स्थलीरन्तरद्रोण्यश्च सरांसि च निबोधत ॥ ७५.७८ ॥
eteṣāṁ śailamukhyānām uttareṣu yathākramaḥ | sthalīr antaradroṇyaś ca sarāṁsi ca nibodhata || 75.78 ||
एतेषां शैलमुख्यानामुत्तरेषु यथाक्रमं स्थलीः, अन्तरद्रोणीः, सरांसि च निबोधत।
Varāha
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It exemplifies the Purāṇic practice of organizing landscape knowledge into ordered lists—mountains, plains, valleys, and waterbodies—useful for studying how premodern Sanskrit texts encoded regional geography and environmental features.
No single named site appears in this verse; it functions as a transitional line introducing a systematic description of northern plains, intervening valleys, and lakes associated with the previously mentioned principal mountains.
The verse does not present a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is epistemic—encouraging careful attention to ordered knowledge of terrain and waterbodies, a foundation for cultural-heritage mapping and environmental description.
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