Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 16
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
कोलाहलः सवैभ्राजो मन्दरो दुर्दराचलः वातन्धमो वैद्युतश्च मैनाकः सरसस्तथा
kolāhalaḥ savaibhrājo mandaro durdarācalaḥ vātandhamo vaidyutaśca mainākaḥ sarasastathā
కోలాహల, సవైభ్రాజ, మందర, దుర్దరాచల, వాతంధమ, వైద్యుత, మైనాక మరియు సరస—ఇవి పర్వతాల పేర్లుగా ఇక్కడ పేర్కొనబడ్డాయి.
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FAQs
The passage models a Puranic way of sacralizing the world: geography is remembered as a religious map. Ethical import is indirect—pilgrimage and remembrance (smarana) cultivate reverence, restraint, and a sense of living in a cosmos filled with sacred presence.
This is best placed under ancillary material supporting tīrtha/glory narratives; within the five marks it aligns most closely with contextual world-description that accompanies sarga/pratisarga-style cosmography, though it is not a creation account itself.
Named mountains function as cosmic ‘pillars’ of stability and memory. The inclusion of well-known peaks (e.g., Mandara, Maināka) ties local/ritual geography to pan-Indic mythic geography, reinforcing continuity between myth and lived landscape.