Varaha Purana · Chapter 77

rudra uvāca /
yadetat karṇikāmūlaṃ merormadhyaṃ prakīrtitam /
tad yojanasahastrāṇi saṃkhyayā mānataḥ smṛtam

catvāriṃśat tathā cāṣṭau sahastrāṇi tu maṇḍalaiḥ /
śailarājasya tattatra merumūlamiti smṛtam

teṣāṃ girisahastrāṇāmanekānāṃ mahocchrayaḥ /
digaṣṭau ca punastasya maryādāparvatāḥ śubhāḥ

jaṭharo devakūṭaśca pūrvasyāṃ diśi parvatau /
pūrvapaścāyatāvetāvarṇavāntarvyavasthitau /
maryādāparvatānetānaṣṭānāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

yo'sau merurdvijaśreṣṭhāḥ proktaḥ kanakaparvataḥ /
viṣkambhāṃstasya vakṣyāmi śrṛṇudhvaṃ gadatastu tān

mahāpādāstu catvāro meroratha caturdiśam /
yairna cacāla viṣṭabdhā saptadvīpavatī mahī

daśayojanasāhastraṃ vyāyāmasteṣu śaṅkyate /
tiryagūrdhvaṃ ca racitā haritālataṭairvṛtāḥ

manaḥśilādarībhiśca suvarṇamaṇicitritāḥ /'
anekasiddhabhavanaiḥ krīḍāsthānaiśca suprabhāḥ

pūrveṇa mandarastasya dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ /
vipulaḥ paścime pārśve supārśvaścottare sthitaḥ

teṣāṃ śrṛṅgeṣu catvāro mahāvṛkṣāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
devadaityāpsarobhiśca sevitā guṇasaṃcayaiḥ

mandarasya gireḥ śrṛṅge kadambo nāma pādapaḥ /
pralambaśākhāśikharaḥ kadambaścaityapādapaḥ

mahākumbhapramāṇaiśca puṣpairvikacakesaraiḥ /
mahāgandhamanojñaiśca śobhitaḥ sarvakālajaiḥ

samāsena parivṛto bhuvanairbhūtabhāvanaiḥ /
sahastramadhikaṃ so'tha gandhenāpūrayan diśaḥ

bhadrāśvo nāma vṛkṣo'yaṃ varṣādreḥ ketusaṃbhavaḥ /
kīrtimān rūpavāñchrīmān mahāpādapapādapaḥ /
yatra sākṣāddhṛṣīkeśaḥ siddhasaṅghairniṣevyate

tasya bhadrakadambasya tathāśvavadano hariḥ /
prāptavāṃścāmaraśreṣṭhaḥ sa hi sānuṃ punaḥ punaḥ

tena cālokitaṃ varṣaṃ sarvadvipadanāyakāḥ /
yasya nāmnā samākhyāto bhadrāśveti na saṃśayaḥ

dakṣiṇasyāpi śailasya śikhare devasevite /
jambūḥ sadyaḥ puṣpaphalā mahāśākhopaśobhitā

tasyā hyatipramāṇāni svādūni ca mṛdūni ca /
phalānyamṛtakalpāni patanti girimūrdhani

tasmād girivaraśreṣṭhāt phalaprasyandavāhinī /
divyā jāmbūnadī nāma pravṛttā madhuvāhinī

tatra jāmbūnadaṃ nāma suvarṇamanalaprabham /
devālaṅkāramatulamutpannaṃ pāpanāśanam

devadānavagandharvayakṣarākṣasaguhyakāḥ /
papustadamṛtaprakhyaṃ madhu jambūphalasravam

sā keturdakṣiṇe varṣe jambūrlokeṣu viśrutā /
yasyā nāmnā samākhyātā jambūdvīpeti mānavaiḥ

vipulasya ca śailasya dakṣiṇena mahātmanaḥ /
jātaḥ śrṛṅgeti sumahānaśvatthaśceti pādapaḥ

mahocchrāyo mahāskandho naikasattvaguṇālayaḥ /
kumbhapramāṇai ruciraiḥ phalaiḥ sarvarttukaiḥ śubhaiḥ

sa ketuḥ ketumālānāṃ devagandharvasevitaḥ /
ketumāleti vikhyāto nāmnā tatra prakīrtitaḥ /
tannibodhata viprendrā niruktaṃ nāmakarmaṇaḥ

kṣīrodamathane vṛtte mālā skandhe niveśitāḥ /
indreṇa caityaketostu ketumālastataḥ smṛtaḥ /
tena taccihnitaṃ varṣaṃ ketumāleti viśrutam

supārśvasyottare śrṛṅge vaṭo nāma mahādrumaḥ /
nyagrodho vipulaskandho yastriyojanamaṇḍalaḥ

mālyadāmakalāpaiśca vividhaistu samantataḥ /
śākhābhirlambamānābhiḥ śobhitaḥ siddhasevitaḥ

pralambakumbhasadṛśairhemavarṇaiḥ phalaiḥ sadā /
sa hyuttarakurūṇāṃ tu ketuvṛkṣaḥ prakāśate

sanatkumārāvarajā mānasā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ /
sapta tatra mahābhāgāḥ kuravo nāma viśrutāḥ

tatra sthiragatairjñānairvirajaskairmahātmabhiḥ /
akṣayaḥ kṣayaparyanto lokaḥ proktaḥ sanātanaḥ

teṣāṃ nāmāṅkitaṃ varṣaṃ saptānāṃ vai mahātmanām /
divi ceha ca vikhyātā uttarāḥ kuravaḥ sadā

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ