Varaha Purana 78.19: Adhyaya 78, Shloka 19
Names of the Four Directional Mountain-Kings and Their Lakes
Rudra’s Geographical Description
कृष्णश्च पाण्डवश्चैव सहस्रशिरसस्तथा । पारियात्रश्च शैलेन्द्रः शृङ्गवानचलोत्तमः । इत्येते पर्वतवराः श्रीमन्तः पश्चिमे स्मृताः ॥ ७८.१९ ॥
kṛṣṇaś ca pāṇḍavaś caiva sahasraśirās tathā | pāriyātraś ca śailendraḥ śṛṅgavān acalottamaḥ | ity ete parvatavarāḥ śrīmantaḥ paścime smṛtāḥ || 78.19 ||
కృష్ణ, పాండవ, సహస్రశిరస్; అలాగే శైలేంద్రుడైన పారియాత్ర, శిఖరాలలో శ్రేష్ఠుడైన శృంగవాన్—ఇవే పశ్చిమదేశంలో ప్రసిద్ధమైన శ్రీమంత పర్వతశ్రేష్ఠాలు।
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic geographical catalogue, preserving traditional toponyms (mountain-names) used to map cultural landscapes and regional memory in premodern South Asia.
The verse situates these named mountains in the ‘western’ (paścima) region; among them, Pāriyātra is commonly discussed in scholarship as a western/central Indian mountain tradition, though precise one-to-one modern identifications vary by source.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical contribution is the cultural-heritage framing of landscapes—treating mountains as noteworthy entities within an ordered world-description.
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