Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
आग्नीध्रो मेधातिथिश्च वपुष्मांश्च तथापरः ।
ज्योतिष्मान्द्युतिमान् भव्यः सवनः सप्त एव ते ॥
āgnīdhro medhātithiś ca vapuṣmāṃś ca tathāparaḥ |
jyotiṣmān dyutimān bhavyaḥ savanaḥ sapta eva te ||
তাঁরা যথার্থই সাতজন ছিলেন—আগ্নীধ্র, মেধাতিথি, বপুষ্মান, জ্যোতিষ্মান, দ্যুতিমান, ভব্য এবং সবন।
FAQs
Names emphasizing light/splendor (jyotis/dyuti) reflect the ideal king as an illuminator—one who makes dharma visible through governance.
Vaṃśānucarita combined with cosmography: the genealogical list immediately functions as an administrative map of the world.
Seven rulers for seven dvīpas echoes the sevenfold cosmic pattern; it can be read as seven ‘powers’ distributing order across the manifested plane.