Shloka 52
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
काश्मीराश्च सुराष्ट्राश्च अवन्त्याश्चार्बुदैः सह ।
इत्येते ह्यपरान्ताश्च शृणु विन्ध्यनिवासिनः ॥
kāśmīrāśca surāṣṭrāśca avantyāścārbudaiḥ saha / ityete hyaparāntāśca śṛṇu vindhyanivāsinaḥ
Los Kāśmīras, los Surāṣṭras y los Avantis, junto con los Ārbudas: éstos, en verdad, son los Aparāntas. Ahora escucha acerca de los habitantes del Vindhya.
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FAQs
The Purāṇa links far-flung regions in one narrative horizon, reinforcing Bhārata as a connected sacred-cultural space.
Supportive geographical mapping often used to contextualize lineages, pilgrimages, and political memory (vaṃśānucarita-related).
The shift ‘now hear the Vindhya-dwellers’ mirrors oral pedagogy—knowledge is staged region by region, like ascending a symbolic mountain range.