Varaha Purana 77.29: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 29
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
प्रलम्बकुम्भसदृशैर्हेमवर्णैः फलैः सदा । स ह्युत्तरकुरूणां तु केतुवृक्षः प्रकाशते ॥ ७७.२९ ॥
pralambakumbhasadṛśair hemavarṇaiḥ phalaiḥ sadā | sa hy uttarakurūṇāṃ tu ketuvṛkṣaḥ prakāśate || 77.29 ||
सदा प्रलम्बकुम्भसदृशैर्हेमवर्णैः फलैः युक्तः सः केतुवृक्षः उत्तरकुरूणां देशे प्रकाशते इति कथ्यते।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography: the mapping of idealized northern regions (Uttarakuru) using emblematic natural imagery, useful for studying how Sanskrit texts encode geography through mythic description rather than empirical cartography.
Uttarakuru—an ancient, often mythic northern land in Sanskrit cosmological literature; modern scholarship typically treats it as a symbolic/legendary region rather than a single securely identifiable physical location.
The verse primarily functions descriptively; indirectly, it reflects a Purāṇic tendency to present landscapes as culturally meaningful and worthy of attentive observation, supporting a broader ethos of respecting and preserving significant natural features.
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