Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
जंबूप्लक्षकुशक्रौंचशाकशाल्मलिपुष्कराः । समुद्रान्सरितः सप्त द्वैगुण्येन प्रकल्पयेत्
jaṃbūplakṣakuśakrauṃcaśākaśālmalipuṣkarāḥ | samudrānsaritaḥ sapta dvaiguṇyena prakalpayet
জম্বূ, প্লক্ষ, কুশ, ক্রৌঞ্চ, শাক, শাল্মলী আৰু পুষ্কৰ—এই সাত দ্বীপ গঢ়ি তুলিব; আৰু সাত সাগৰ আৰু নদীসমূহক যথোচিত অনুপাতে, পৰৱৰ্তী পৰ্যায়ত দ্বিগুণ বিস্তাৰে বিন্যস্ত কৰিব।
Bhartṛyajña (procedural instruction)
Listener: King (nṛpa) addressed in instruction
Scene: A ritual artisan-priest lays out a golden map of the world: seven concentric continents and oceans, with rivers traced like veins; measuring cords and proportional rings indicate ‘doubling’ expansion.
FAQs
The cosmos itself is treated as worthy of reverence; by gifting a sacred model of the world, one cultivates gratitude and responsibility toward creation.
The instruction occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification context centered on Gautameśvara.
Depict the seven dvīpas, the seven oceans, and the rivers, arranged with ‘doubling’ proportional expansion.
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