Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 40
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
धर्मबद्धास्तथालूका उरुकर्मस्थिताः जनाः ।
वामपादे जनाः पार्श्वे स्थिताः कूर्मस्य भागुरे ॥
dharmabaddhās tathālūkā urukarmasthitā janāḥ / vāmapāde janāḥ pārśve sthitāḥ kūrmasya bhāgure
The Dharmabaddhas, the Ālūkas, and the people established in Urukarma—these peoples are situated on the left foot, on the side of the Tortoise, in the Bhāgura portion.
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FAQs
Spatial orientation is moralized through naming (e.g., ‘Dharmabaddha’), suggesting that geography and reputation/character can be interlinked in Purāṇic imagination.
Sthāna (world arrangement using the Kūrma schema).
Left/right body mapping can imply complementary cosmic currents; the ‘side/foot’ placement encodes relative proximity, liminality, and function within the sacred body of the land.