Varaha Purana 75.32: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 32
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
इलावृतात् परं नीलं रम्यकं नाम विश्रुतम् । रम्यकाच्च परं श्वेतं विश्रुतं तद्धिरण्मयम् । हिरण्मयात् परं चैव शृङ्गवन्तं कुरु स्मृतम् ॥ ७५.३२ ॥
ilāvṛtāt paraṁ nīlaṁ ramyakaṁ nāma viśrutam | ramyakāc ca paraṁ śvetaṁ viśrutaṁ tad dhiraṇmayam | hiraṇmayāt paraṁ caiva śṛṅgavantam kuru smṛtam || 75.32 ||
ఇలావృతానికి ఆపై నీలపర్వత సమీపంలో ‘రమ్యక’ అనే ప్రసిద్ధ ప్రాంతం ఉంది. రమ్యకానికి ఆపై ప్రసిద్ధ ‘శ్వేత’ (పర్వతం), దాని ఆపై ‘హిరణ్మయ’ (ప్రాంతం). హిరణ్మయానికి ఆపై ‘కురు’ను ‘శృంగవంత’గా స్మరిస్తారు.
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic tradition that organizes regions (varṣas) and mountain ranges of Jambūdvīpa, reflecting how premodern Sanskrit literature mapped space through named sacred landscapes rather than modern cartography.
The verse lists Ilāvṛta, Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, and Kuru alongside Nīla, Śveta, and Śṛṅgavat; these are primarily cosmographic toponyms in Purāṇic literature and are not securely equated with single modern locations, though they are studied comparatively across Purāṇas and related Sanskrit sources.
The passage is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to situate human and cultural memory within an ordered sacred geography, supporting a broader Purāṇic worldview in which landscapes are treated as culturally significant and worthy of careful preservation in narrative tradition.
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