Jaladhara
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Jaladhara Parvata (जलाधार) is a mountain of Shakadvipa mentioned in Puranas.
Origin
Variants
- Jaladhara Parvata (जलाधार) (AS, p.359)
History
Sakadwipa
Sakadwipa: - Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 12 writes about Sakadwipa. Mahabharata mentions about a whole region inhabited by Sakas called Sakadwipa to the north-west of ancient India. Sakadwipa is surrounded on all sides by the ocean. There are seven mountains that are decked with jewels and that are mines of gems, precious stones. These were - 1. Meru, 2. Malaya, 3. Jaladhara, 4. Raivataka, 5.Syama (Dark Mountain), 6. Durgasaila, 7. Kesari.
There are seven Varshas in that island corresponding to each mountain - 1. Mahakasa of Meru, 2. Kumudottara of Malaya, 3. Sukumara of Jaladhara , 4. Kaumara of Raivataka, 5. Manikanchana of Syama, 6. Mahapuman of Durgasaila, 7. Mandaki of Kesari.
In the midst of that island is a large tree called Saka.
जलाधार
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...जलाधार पर्वत (AS, p.359) का उल्लेख विष्णु पुराण में हुआ है, जहाँ इसे शाक द्वीप का एक पर्वत बताया गया है- 'पूर्वस्तत्रोदयगिरिर्जलाधारस्तथपर:, तथा रैवतक: श्यामस्तथैवास्तगिरिर्द्विज विष्णु पुराण 2, 4, 62.