Varāha Mahā Purana
84 - The regions on the South and North of Meru
Rudra said:
1. Now are duly described the people who live on the northern regions as well as those who live on the southern side.
2. O Brahmins, listen to what I say. In the region to the south of Meru and north of Shveta, there is Ramyaka belonging to Väyu.
3. The people there are born. pure, highly intelligent and free from old age and disaster.
4. The extremely big banyan tree grows there. Drinking the juice of its fruits, all the people there attain divine form and live for ten thousand years.
5. To the north of Shveta and south of Trišhruñga, we get the region named Hiranmaya where flows the river Hairanvati.
6. The mighty Yakshas, who can assume any form at will, live there. The duration of their life is eleven thousand years.
7. Many live there for fifteen thousand years.
8. The breadfruit and jack trees flourish there. By the juice of their fruits alone, one can live for many days.
9. In Trišhruñga with its peaks of gems and gold, from its northern peak, up to the southern ocean1, is the northern Kuru. There we get sappy trees and many juice. In those trees are clothes and ornaments. The land is full of gems and the sands are golden. People dropped from heaven live there, with duration of life of thirteen thousand years.
1. Perhaps the northern ocean is meant.
10. On the western side of this island, after four thousand yojanas, we get the celestial region Chandradvipa covering an area of one thousand yojanas. In its middle are two waterfalls called Chandrakänta and Süryakänta. Between them is the great river Chandrävartä with numerous tributaries and many trees (on the banks).
11. On the northern side of Kuru is the celestial region Süryadvipa covering an area of one thousand yojanas washed by the waves of the ocean. In its middle is a great mountain, a hundred yojanas in extent. From it arises the river called Süryavartä. The abode of the Sun is there. Therein live the people with the Sun as their god and having the same complexion as his, with duration of life of ten thousand years.
12. On the western side of this island, after four thousand yojanas, we find in the ocean the island called Bhadräkara covering an area of one thousand yojanas. Therein is the abode of Väyu adorned by numerous gems. There Väyu remains in corporal form. There the people are golden in colour and live for five thousand years.
Summary of chapter 84 of the Varāha Mahā Purana is as follows:
The narrative chronicles how the saintly King Kuru undertook intense physical and spiritual labor by personally ploughing the land of Kurukshetra with a golden plow drawn by the sacred bull of Mahādeva Śiva. King Kuru offered his own body, flesh, and blood into the furrowed earth as a supreme sacrifice, seeking a divine boon for the spiritual welfare of humanity. His unyielding devotion transformed the region into an eternal field of righteousness, forever blessed by the presence of the Supreme Divine.