Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 59, Shloka 22
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
चतुर्दशसहस्राणि तेषां सार्धानि वै स्थितिः ।
चन्द्रकान्तश्च शैलेन्द्रः सूर्यकान्तस्तथापरः ॥
caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi teṣāṃ sārdhāni vai sthitiḥ | candrakāntaś ca śailendraḥ sūryakāntas tathāparaḥ ||
সিহঁতৰ বিস্তাৰ চৌদহ হাজাৰ যোজন; উচ্চতাও তেনেই আৰু তাৰ আধা অধিক। তাত পৰ্বতৰাজ চন্দ্ৰকান্ত আছে, আৰু তদ্ৰূপ আনটো সূৰ্যকান্ত নামে আছে।
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FAQs
The passage reinforces the Purāṇic vision of an ordered cosmos: even distant regions are described with precise measures and named features, conveying that creation is intelligible and structured rather than random.
Primarily within 'Sarga'/'Pratisarga' adjunct material as cosmography (bhūvana-kośa/varṣa-parvata-varṇana), commonly embedded in Purāṇas alongside genealogies and manvantaras.
Moon- and sun-associated mountains can be read symbolically as the polarity of soma/tejas (cool luminosity vs. fiery radiance), suggesting complementary cosmic principles sustaining the world-order.
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