Shloka 47
सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः
क्रौञ्चद्वीपे द्युतिमतः पुत्राः सप्त महात्मनः तन्नामानि च वर्षाणि तेषां चक्रे महीपतिः
krauñcadvīpe dyutimataḥ putrāḥ sapta mahātmanaḥ tannāmāni ca varṣāṇi teṣāṃ cakre mahīpatiḥ
In Krauñca-dvīpa, there were seven noble-souled sons of Dyutimān; and the sovereign established the land-divisions (varṣas) bearing their very names.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How Krauñca-dvīpa is internally divided into varṣas and who their eponymous founders are
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Cosmic Hierarchy: Varshas
Concept: Kingship is portrayed as the power to establish meaningful order—dividing and naming regions—so that society and land reflect dharma rather than disorder.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Exercise stewardship: organize communities and resources transparently, naming responsibilities and boundaries to reduce confusion and conflict.
Vishishtadvaita: Social and spatial order are legitimate within the Lord’s real universe; dharmic governance becomes a service within His embodied cosmos.
Vishnu Form: Narayana
FAQs
It conveys an ordered cosmic geography where political and territorial divisions mirror a divinely sustained structure—lands are mapped through lineage, rule, and dharmic administration.
Parāśara narrates dvīpas and their internal varṣa divisions systematically, presenting geography as an intelligible, hierarchical order rather than a random expanse—an expression of cosmic governance.
Though not named in the verse, the broader passage frames such cosmic arrangement as upheld by Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty—world-structure and kingship function within His sustaining power.