Varaha Purana 75.25: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 25
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
जम्बूद्वीपप्रमाणेन निषधः परिकीर्तितः । तस्माद् द्वादशभागेन हेमकूटः प्रहीयते । हिमवान् विंशभागेन हेमकूटात् प्रहीयते ॥ ७५.२५ ॥
jambūdvīpapramāṇena niṣadhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | tasmād dvādaśabhāgena hemakūṭaḥ prahīyate | himavān viṁśabhāgena hemakūṭāt prahīyate || 75.25 ||
นับตามมาตราของชมพูทวีป จึงกล่าวขนาดของนิษธะไว้เช่นนั้น จากมาตรานั้น เหมกูฏะมีขนาดลดลงหนึ่งส่วนสิบสอง และหิมวานมีขนาดลดลงหนึ่งส่วนยี่สิบเมื่อเทียบกับเหมกูฏะ
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmography, preserving a traditional system of relative geographic measurement used to describe mythic-continental space (Jambūdvīpa) and its mountain ranges.
Niṣadha, Hemakūṭa, and Himavān are mountain ranges within the Purāṇic model of Jambūdvīpa; Himavān is commonly correlated in scholarship with the Himalayan region, while Niṣadha and Hemakūṭa function primarily as cosmographic ranges in the Purāṇic schema.
The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical contribution lies in presenting an ordered cosmological geography that frames the Earth as a structured and measurable domain within Purāṇic thought.
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