Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 62
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
प्रयाति कर्मभूर्ब्रह्मन् नान्या लोकेषु विद्यते । देवानामपि विप्रर्षे सदैष मनोरथः ॥
prayāti karmabhūr brahman nānyā lokeṣu vidyate | devānām api viprarṣe sadaiṣa manorathaḥ ||
হে ব্রাহ্মণ! এটাই কর্মভূমি; লোকসমূহে এর তুল্য আর কিছু নেই। হে মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ! দেবতাদেরও চিরকাল প্রিয় কামনা এইটিই।
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FAQs
The verse elevates embodied life as spiritually strategic: even devas lack the same scope for transformative effort, so one should not waste human opportunity.
Cosmological anthropology within manvantara/yuga framing: it distinguishes realms by their karmic functionality, a common Purāṇic explanatory layer.
‘Karmabhūmi’ implies the rare conjunction of freedom and limitation: enough constraint to generate tapas, enough agency to redirect destiny.