Shloka 23
Adhyaya 56 — The Descent and Fourfold Course of the Ganga; Jambudvipa’s Varshas and Their Conditions
वार्क्षो स्वाभाविकी देश्या तोयोत्था मानसী तथा ।
कर्मजा च नृणां सिद्धर्वर्षेष्वेतेषु चाष्टसु ॥
vārkṣo svābhāvikī deśyā toyotthā mānasī tathā / karmajā ca nṛṇāṃ siddharvarṣeṣv eteṣu cāṣṭasu
En esas ocho varṣas, los logros (o modos de plenitud) de los humanos son: los nacidos de los árboles, los naturales (innatos), los locales (regionales), los nacidos del agua, los mentales y también los nacidos del karma—(todo ello) se halla entre ellas en las varṣas de los Siddharvas.
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FAQs
The text distinguishes fulfillments that arise without effort (svābhāvikī) from those dependent on mind (mānasī) or action/rites (karmajā), implying graded worlds where the relationship between effort, mind, and result differs.
Cosmographic description belongs under 'Sarga' (ordering of the world) and related Purāṇic geography; it is not a manvantara list or royal genealogy.
The sixfold (as listed) typology can be read as a spectrum of causality: from material supports (tree/water) to subtle supports (mind) to moral supports (karma), reflecting layers of embodiment and consciousness across realms.