Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 60, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 60 — Descriptions of Kimpurusha-varsha, Hari-varsha, Ilavrita (Meru-varsha), Ramyaka, and Hiranyamaya
वर्षाणान्तु सहस्राणि तत्राप्यायुः त्रयोदश ।
सरावाकारसंस्तारो मेरुमध्ये इलावृते ॥
varṣāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi tatrāpy āyus trayodaśa | sarāvākāra-saṃstāro meru-madhye ilāvṛte ||
Allí también la duración de la vida es de trece mil años. En Ilāvṛta, en el centro de Meru, la tierra se extiende con forma de cuenco (como una cuenca).
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FAQs
By assigning measured longevity to realms, the Purana frames time as morally and cosmically conditioned. Human life is not uniform across existence; it varies with the ‘order’ of the realm one inhabits.
This is cosmographic and chronological detail supporting sarga/pratisarga (world-structure) rather than a manvantara genealogy, though it uses Purāṇic time-sense.
The ‘bowl-shaped’ central expanse can symbolize a receptacle of light/essence—an inner vessel (pātra) in which higher radiance is held and stabilized.