Jārudhi (Mountain)

Jārudhi

Jārudhi is a varsha mountain of the north. With Triśṛṅga it stretches east and west and lies in the middle of the ocean.

Among the boundary mountains

The teller of the Brahma Purāṇa, describing the bhuvana-kośa to the munis, tells of the maryādā (boundary) mountains around Meru. Mālyavanta and Gandhamādana stretch from the Nīla mountain to the Nishadha, with Meru between them like the pericarp within a lotus, and the Bhāratas, Ketumālas, Bhadrāśvas and the Kuru lands are like its petals. Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa extend north and south from the Nīla to the Nishadha. Gandhamādana and Kailāsa extend east and west, eighty yojanas long, and enter the ocean. Nishadha and Pāriyātra stand on the western side of Meru. Triśṛṅga and Jārudhi are varsha mountains of the north; they stretch east and west and lie in the middle of the ocean. Two by two, the maryādā mountains stand on Meru’s four sides as its jaṭhara (womb) parts.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 18

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 18