Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
तस्य पुरोजवमनोजववेपमानधूम्रानीकचित्ररेफबहुरूपविश्वचारसंज्ञानि पुत्रनामानि सप्त वर्षाणि
tasya purojavamanojavavepamānadhūmrānīkacitrarephabahurūpaviśvacārasaṃjñāni putranāmāni sapta varṣāṇi
وأسماءُ أبنائه—بوروجافا، مانوجافا، فيبامانا، دهومرانيكا، تشيترا ريفا، باهوروبا، وفيشفاتشارا—هي كذلك أسماءُ الأقاليم السبعة (فارشا).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A cosmic map-like tableau: seven regions encircling a central axis, each region labeled with a son’s name; sages or a royal figure indicating the names as if teaching cosmography.
FAQs
Purāṇic tradition links land, lineage, and identity—suggesting that regions are remembered through dharmic genealogies.
None; it enumerates mythic regional names within Śākadvīpa.
None.