Varaha Purana 150.5: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 5
The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ सानन्दूरेति विख्यातं भूमे गुह्यं परं मम ॥ उत्तरे तु समुद्रस्य मलयस्य तु दक्षिणे ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca || sānandūreti vikhyātaṃ bhūme guhyaṃ paraṃ mama || uttare tu samudrasya malayasya tu dakṣiṇe ||
شری وراہ نے فرمایا: “اے زمین! میرا ایک نہایت رازدار اور برتر مقام ‘سانندور’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے—سمندر کے شمال میں اور ملَیَہ (پہاڑی سلسلے) کے جنوب میں۔”
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It preserves a Purāṇic toponym (Sānandūra) and frames it as a ‘secret/supreme’ site, reflecting how sacred geography is encoded through directional markers and renowned place-names in Purāṇic literature.
Sānandūra is located relative to ‘the ocean’ and ‘Malaya’. Malaya is commonly associated with the southern Indian hill range in classical Sanskrit geography, though the precise identification of Sānandūra remains a matter for regional-historical correlation.
The verse primarily functions as geographic orientation rather than a direct ethical injunction; implicitly, it models reverent attention to culturally significant landscapes.
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