Varaha Purana 77.22: Adhyaya 77, Shloka 22
Measurements of Mount Meru, the Boundary Mountains, and the Four Directional Great Trees
सा केतुर्दक्षिणे वर्षे जम्बूलोकेषु विश्रुता । यस्या नाम्ना समाख्याता जम्बूद्वीपेति मानवैः ॥ ७७.२२ ॥
sā ketur dakṣiṇe varṣe jambūlokeṣu viśrutā | yasyā nāmnā samākhyātā jambūdvīpeti mānavaiḥ || 77.22 ||
దక్షిణ వర్షంలో ఆమె ‘కేతు’ అని ప్రసిద్ధి, జాంబూలోకాలలో విఖ్యాతి; ఆమె పేరునే మనుష్యులు ‘జాంబూద్వీపం’ అని పిలిచారు।
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic explanation for the name “Jambūdvīpa,” illustrating how early Sanskrit texts linked geographic terminology to mythic-etymological naming practices.
The verse identifies “Jambūdvīpa” (a major continental unit in Purāṇic cosmology) and references a southern varṣa associated with the designation “Ketu,” a toponym within that cosmographic scheme rather than a single modern-mappable place.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical contribution is the cultural-hermeneutic principle that place-names encode collective memory and cosmological ordering in the Purāṇic worldview.
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