Varaha Purana 74.3: Adhyaya 74, Shloka 3
Measures of the Earth and the Cosmos: The Expansion of the Universe and the Division of Continents and Regions
भूमिप्रमाणसंस्थानं पर्वतानां च विस्तारम् । समुद्राणां नदीणां च ब्रह्माण्डस्य च विस्तारम् । अस्माकं ब्रूहि कृपया देवदेव उमापते ॥ ७४.३ ॥
bhūmipramāṇasaṃsthānaṃ parvatānāṃ ca vistaram | samudrāṇāṃ nadīnāṃ ca brahmāṇḍasya ca vistaram | asmākaṃ brūhi kṛpayā devadeva umāpate || 74.3 ||
ఓ దేవదేవ, ఉమాపతీ! దయచేసి మాకు భూమి యొక్క ప్రమాణం మరియు ఆకృతి, పర్వతాల విస్తారం, సముద్రాలు మరియు నదుల విస్తారం, అలాగే బ్రహ్మాండ విస్తారాన్ని చెప్పుము.
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography: a genre of premodern Indian literature that organizes knowledge about the earth’s form, mountains, oceans, rivers, and the universe into a systematic narrative framework.
No specific place-name is given in this verse; it functions as a general request for a cosmographic description rather than identifying a particular site.
The verse primarily frames a knowledge-seeking inquiry (requesting measurements and descriptions) rather than issuing a direct ethical rule; its philosophical instruction is the valuing of careful description and transmission of cosmological and geographic knowledge.
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