Varaha Purana 75.51: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 51
Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure
नानावर्णः स पार्श्वेषु पूर्वतः श्वेत उच्यते । पीतं च दक्षिणं तस्य भृङ्गवर्णं तु पश्चिमम् ॥ ७५.५१ ॥
nānāvarṇaḥ sa pārśveṣu pūrvataḥ śveta ucyate | pītaṃ ca dakṣiṇaṃ tasya bhṛṅgavarṇaṃ tu paścimam || 75.51 ||
สิ่งนั้นถูกพรรณนาว่ามีสีหลากหลายตามด้านต่าง ๆ: ด้านตะวันออกเป็นสีขาว ด้านทิศใต้เป็นสีเหลือง และด้านตะวันตกเป็นสีดุจสีผึ้งคือสีคล้ำ
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmographic habit of mapping directions with characteristic colors, a feature that can be compared with broader Indic schematic geography and symbolic orientation found across early Sanskrit literature.
No specific toponym is named in this verse; it describes directional sides (east, south, west) and their associated colors rather than a uniquely identifiable site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical contribution lies in presenting an ordered, intelligible structure to space (directions and qualities), which supports the text’s broader cosmological and geographic framing.
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