Varaha Purana · Chapter 75

rudra uvāca /
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi jambūdvīpaṃ yathātatham /
saṃkhyāṃ cāpi samudrāṇāṃ dvīpānāṃ caiva vistaram

yāvanti caiva varṣāṇi teṣu nadyaśca yāḥ smṛtāḥ /
mahābhūtapramāṇaṃ ca gatiṃ candrārkayoḥ pṛthak

dvīpabhedasahastrāṇi saptasvantargatāni ca /
na śakyante krameṇeha vaktuṃ yairvitataṃ jagat

saptadvīpān pravakṣyāmi candrādityagrahaiḥ saha /
yeṣāṃ manuṣyāstarkeṇa pramāṇāni pracakṣate

acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṃstarkeṇa sādhayet /
prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ yacca tadacintyaṃ vibhāvyate

nava varṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi jambūdvīpaṃ yathātatham /
vistarānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanaistannibodhata

śatamekaṃ sahastrāṇāṃ yojanānāṃ samantataḥ /
nānājanapadākīrṇaṃ yojanairvividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ

siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ parvatairupaśobhitam /
sarvadhātuvivṛddhaiśca śilājālasamudbhavaiḥ /
parvataprabhavābhiśca nadībhiḥ sarvataścitam

jambūdvīpaḥ pṛthuḥ śrīmān sarvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ /
navabhiścāvṛtaḥ śrīmān bhuvanairbhūtabhāvanaḥ

lavaṇena samudreṇa sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ /
jambūdvīpasya vistārāt samena tu samantataḥ

tasya prāgāyatā dīrghā ṣaḍete varṣaparvatāḥ /
ubhayatrāvagāḍhāśca samudrau pūrvapaścimau

himaprāyaśca himavān hemakūṭaśca hemavān /
sarvatra susukhaścāpi niṣadhaḥ parvato mahān

caturvarṇaḥsa sauvarṇo meruścolbamayo giriḥ /
vṛttākṛtipramāṇaśca caturastraḥ samucchitaḥ

nānāvarṇastu pārśveṣu prajāpatiguṇānvitaḥ /
nābhimaṇḍalasaṃbhūto brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

pūrvataḥ śvetavarṇastu brahmaṇyaṃ tena tasya tat /
pītaśca dakṣiṇenāsau tena vaiśyatvamiṣyate

bhṛṅgapatranibhaścāsau paścimena yato'tha saḥ /
tenāsya śūdratā proktā merornāmārthakarmaṇaḥ

pārśvamuttaratastasya raktavarṇaṃ vibhāvyate/
tenāsya kṣatrabhāvaḥ syāditi varṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

vṛttaḥ svabhāvataḥ prokto varṇataḥ parimāṇataḥ /
nīlaśca vaidūryamayaḥ śvetaśuklo hiraṇmayaḥ /
mayūrabarhivarṇastu śātakaumbhaśca śrṛṅgavān

ete parvatarājānaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ /
teṣāmantaraviṣkambho navasāhastra ucyate

madhye tvilāvṛtaṃ nāma mahāmeroḥ sa saṃbhavaḥ /
navaiva tu sahastrāṇi vistīrṇaḥ sarvataśca saḥ

madhyaṃ tasya mahāmerurvidhūma iva pāvakaḥ /
vedyarddhaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ meroruttarārddhaṃ tathottaram

varṣāṇi yāni ṣaḍatra teṣāṃ te varṣaparvatāḥ /
yojanāgraṃ tu varṣāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ tad vidhīyate

dve dve varṣe sahastrāṇāṃ yojanānāṃ samucchrayaḥ /
jambūdvīpasya vistārasteṣāmāyāma ucyate

yojanānāṃ sahastrāṇi śatau dvau cāyatau girī /
nīlaśca niṣadhaścaiva tābhyāṃ hīnāśca ye pare /
śvetaśca hemakūṭaśca himavāñchṛṅgavāṃśca yaḥ

jambūdvīpapramāṇena niṣadhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ /
tasmād dvādaśabhāgena hemakūṭaḥ prahīyate /
himavān viṃśabhāgena hemakūṭāt prahīyate

aṣṭāśītisahastrāṇi hemakūṭo mahāgiriḥ /
aśītirhimavān śaila āyataḥ pūrvapaścime

dvīpasya maṇḍalībhāvād hrāsavṛddhī prakīrtyate /
varṣāṇāṃ parvatānāṃ ca yathā ceme tathottaram

teṣāṃ madhye janapadāstāni varṣāṇi caiva tat /
prapātaviṣamaistaistu parvatairāvṛtāni tu

saṃtatāni nadībhedairagamyāni parasparam /
vasanti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ

etaddhaimavataṃ varṣaṃ bhāratī yatra santatiḥ /
hemakūṭaṃ paraṃ yatra nāmnā kiṃpuruṣottamaḥ

hemakūṭāt tu niṣadhaṃ harivarṣaṃ taducyate /
harivarṣāt paraṃ caiva merupārśva ilāvṛtam

ilāvṛtāt paraṃ nīlaṃ ramyakaṃ nāma viśrutam /
ramyakācca paraṃ śvetaṃ viśrutaṃ taddhiraṇmayam /
hiraṇmayāt paraṃ caiva śrṛṅgavantaṃ kuru smṛtam

dhanuḥsaṃsthe tu dve varṣe vijñeye dakṣiṇottare /
dvīpāni khalu catvāri caturastramilāvṛtam

arvāk ca niṣadhasyātha vedyardhaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ smṛtam /
paraṃ śrṛṅgavato yacca vedyardhaṃ hi taduttaram

vedyarddhe dakṣiṇe trīṇi varṣāṇi trīṇi cottare /
tayormadhye tu vijñeyo yatra merustvilāvṛtaḥ

dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa ca /
udagāyato mahāśailo mālyavānnāma parvataḥ

yojanānāṃ sahastre dve viṣkambhocchraya eva ca /
āyāmataścatustriṃśat sahastrāṇi prakīrtitaḥ

tasya pratīcyāṃ vijñeyaḥ parvato gandhamādanaḥ /
āyāmocchrayavistārāt tulyo mālyavatā tu saḥ

parimaṇḍalastayormadhye meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ /
caturvarṇaḥ sasauvarṇaścaturastraḥ samucchritaḥ

avyaktā dhātavaḥ sarve samutpannā jalādayaḥ /
avyaktāt pṛthivīpadmaṃ merustasya ca karṇikā

catuṣpatraṃ samutpannaṃ vyaktaṃ pañcaguṇaṃ mahat /
tataḥ sarvāḥ samudbhūtā vitatā hi pravṛttayaḥ

anekakalpajīvadbhiḥ puruṣaiḥ puṇyakāribhiḥ /
kṛtātmabhirmahātmabhiḥ prāpyate puruṣottamaḥ

mahāyogī mahādevo jagaddhyeyo janārdanaḥ /
sarvalokagato'nanto vyāpako mūrttiravyayaḥ

na tasya prākṛtā mūrtirmāṃsamedo'sthisaṃbhavā /
yogitvācceśvaratvācca sattvarūpadharo vibhuḥ

tannimittaṃ samutpannaṃ loke padmaṃ sanātanam /
kalpaśeṣasya tasyādau kālasya gatirīdṛśī

tasmin padme samutpanno devadevaścaturmukhaḥ /
prajāpatipatirdeva īśāno jagataḥ prabhuḥ

tasya bījanisargaṃ hi puṣkarasya yathārthavat /
kṛtsnaṃ prajānisargeṇa vistareṇaiva varṇyate

tadambu vaiṣṇavaḥ kāyo yato ratnavibhūṣitaḥ /
padmākārā samutpannā pṛthivī savanadrumā

tat tasya lokapadmasya vistaraṃ siddhabhāṣitam /
varṇyamānaṃ vibhāgena kramaśaḥ śrṛṇuta dvijāḥ

mahāvarṣāṇi khyātāni catvāryatra ca saṃsthitāḥ /
tatra parvatasaṃsthāno merurnāma mahābalaḥ

nānāvarṇaḥ sa pārśveṣu pūrvataḥ śveta ucyate /
pītaṃ ca dakṣiṇaṃ tasya bhṛṅgavarṇaṃ tu paścimam

uttaraṃ raktavarṇaṃ tu tasya pārśvaṃ mahātmanaḥ /
merustu śobhate śuklo rājavaṃśe tu dhiṣṭhitaḥ

taruṇādityasaṃkāśo vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ /
yojanānāṃ sahastrāṇi caturāśītirucchritaḥ

praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastādvistṛtaḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu /
śarāvasaṃsthitatvācca dvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ

vistārastriguṇaścāsya pariṇāhaḥ samantataḥ /
maṇḍalena pramāṇena vyasyamānaṃ tadiṣyate

navatiśca sahastrāṇi yojanānāṃ samantataḥ /
tataḥ ṣaṭkādhikānāṃ ca vyasyamānaṃ prakīrttitam /
caturastreṇa mānena pariṇāhaḥ samantataḥ

sa parvato mahādivyo divyauṣadhisamanvitaḥ /
savanairāvṛtaḥ sarvo jātarūpamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ

tatra devagaṇāḥ sarve gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ /
śailarāje pramodante tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

sa tu meruḥ parivṛto bhavanairbhūtabhāvanaiḥ /
catvāro yasya deśāstu nānāpārśveṣu dhiṣṭhitāḥ

bhadrāśvo bhārataścaiva ketumālaśca paścime /
uttare kuravaścaiva kṛtapuṇyapratiśrayāḥ

karṇikā tasya padmasya samantāt parimaṇḍalā /
yojanānāṃ sahastrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ

tasya kesarajālāni navaṣaṭ ca prakīrttitāḥ /
caturaśītirutsedho vivarāntaragocarāḥ

triṃśaccāpi sahastrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ /
tasya kesarajālāni vikīrṇāni samantataḥ

śatasāhastramāyāmamaśītiḥ pṛthulāni ca /
catvāri tatra parṇāni yojanānāṃ caturdaśa

tatra yā sā mayā tubhyaṃ karṇiketyabhiviśrutā /
tāṃ varṇyamānāmekāgryāt samāsena nibodhata /
maṇiparṇaśataiścitrāṃ nānāvarṇaprabhāsitām

anekaparṇanicayaṃ sauvarṇamaruṇaprabham /
kāntaṃ sahastraparvāṇaṃ sahastrodarakandaram /
sahastraśatapatraṃ ca vṛttamekaṃ nagottamam

maṇiratnārpitaśvabhrairmaṇibhiścitravedikam /
suvarṇamaṇicitrāṅgairmaṇicarcitatoraṇaiḥ

tatra brahmasabhā ramyā brahmarṣijanasaṃkulā /
nāmnā manovratī nāma sarvalokeṣu viśrutā

tatreśānasya devasya sahastrādityavarcasaḥ /
mahāvimānasaṃsthasya mahimā varttate sadā

tatra sarve devagaṇāścaturvaktraṃ svayaṃ prabhum /
iṣṭvā pūjyanamaskārairarcanīyamupasthitāḥ

yaistadā dihasaṃkalpairbrahmacaryaṃ mahātmabhiḥ /
cīrṇaṃ cārumanobhiśca sadācārapathi sthitaiḥ

samyagiṣṭvā ca bhuktvā ca pitṛdevārcane ratāḥ /
gṛhāśramaparāstatra vinītā atithipriyāḥ

gṛhiṇaḥ śuklakarmasthā viraktāḥ kāraṇātmakāḥ /
yamairniyamadānaiśca dṛḍhanirdagdhakilbiṣāḥ

teṣāṃ nivasanaṃ śuklabrahmalokamaninditam /
uparyupari sarvāsāṃ gatīnāṃ paramā gatiḥ /
caturdaśasahastrāṇi yojanānāṃ tu kīrttitam

tatorddharucire kṛṣṇe taruṇādityavarcasi /
mahāgirau tato ramye ratnadhātuvicitrite

naikaratnasamāvāse maṇitoraṇamandire /
meroḥ sarveṣu pārśveṣu samantāt parimaṇḍale

triṃśadyojanasāhastraṃ cakrapāṭo nagottamaḥ /
jārudhiścaiva śailendra ityete uttarāḥ smṛtāḥ

eteṣāṃ śailamukhyānāmuttareṣu yathākramaḥ /
sthalīrantaradroṇyaśca sarāṃsi ca nibodhata

daśayojanavistīrṇā cakrapāṭopanirgatā /
sā tūdrdhvavāhinī cāpi nadī bhūmau pratiṣṭhitā

sā puryāmamarāvatyāṃ kramamāṇendurā prabhau /
tayā tiraskṛtā vā'pi sūryendujyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ

udayāstamite sandhye ye sevante dvijottamāḥ /
tān tuṣyante dvijāḥ sarvānaṣṭāvapyacalottamān

paribhramajjyotiṣāṃ yā sā rudrendramatā śubhā

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