Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 12
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
विस्तारोच्छ्रयिणो रम्या विपुलाश्चात्र सानवः ।
कोलाहलः सवैभ्राजो मन्दरो दर्दुराचलः ॥
vistārocchrayiṇo ramyā vipulāś cātra sānavaḥ | kolāhalaḥ savaibhrājo mandaro dardurācalaḥ ||
此处有悦目而广阔的山脉，绵延广大、巍峨高耸，并具诸多山脊：科拉哈拉（Kolāhala）、外布拉阇（Vaibhrāja）、曼陀罗（Mandara）以及达尔杜拉（Dardura）山。
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FAQs
Naming and praising the land’s features reinforces a sacralized ecology: mountains are not inert matter but revered presences within a dharmic world.
‘Sthāna’—regional description and cataloguing.
The ‘high and expansive’ mountains can symbolize expanded consciousness and elevated aspiration; ridges (sānu) suggest stages or ‘levels’ of ascent.