Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
रौद्रः पुनर्वसुः पुष्यो नक्षत्रत्रितयं मुखे ।
पादे तु दक्षिणे देशाः क्रौष्टुके वदतः शृणु ॥
raudraḥ punarvasuḥ puṣyo nakṣatratritayaṃ mukhe / pāde tu dakṣiṇe deśāḥ krauṣṭuke vadataḥ śṛṇu
ৰৌদ্ৰ, পুনৰ্বসু আৰু পুষ্য—এই নক্ষত্ৰ-ত্রয় মুখপ্ৰদেশত আছে। এতিয়া শুনা; মই কোৱা মতে, ক্রৌষ্টুক বিভাগত দক্ষিণ পাদত অৱস্থিত দেশসমূহ।
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FAQs
The text integrates terrestrial space with celestial order (nakṣatras), reinforcing the Purāṇic principle that human habitation mirrors a larger cosmic rhythm.
Sthāna, with an astral-cosmographic sublayer (linking earth-divisions to nakṣatra groupings).
Nakṣatra triads can function as ‘cosmic coordinates’: assigning regions to lunar stations suggests a ritual-astral grid where time (lunar motion) and space (directions/limbs) interlock.