Shloka 1
Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे भुवनकोशस्थजम्बूद्वीपवर्णनं नाम चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः ।
पञ्चपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः ।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
शैलेषु मन्दाराद्येषु चतुष्वपि द्विजोत्तम ।
वानानि यानि चत्वारि सरांसि च निबोध मे ॥
iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe bhuvana-kośa-stha-jambūdvīpa-varṇanaṁ nāma catuḥpañcāśo ’dhyāyaḥ | pañcapañcāśo ’dhyāyaḥ | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | śaileṣu mandārādyeṣu catuṣv api dvijottama | vānāni yāni catvāri sarāṁsi ca nibodha me ||
Ainsi s’achève, dans le Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, le cinquante-quatrième chapitre intitulé « Description de Jambūdvīpa dans le Bhuvanakośa ». Commence maintenant le cinquante-cinquième chapitre. Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Ô meilleur des deux-fois-nés, apprends de moi les quatre forêts et les lacs qui se trouvent sur les quatre montagnes, à commencer par Mandara.
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FAQs
The shift from large-scale continents to specific forests and lakes models a layered pedagogy: knowledge proceeds from macrocosm to microcosm, encouraging careful attention and ordered learning.
Sthāna: continued world-description; the colophon explicitly signals the cosmographic unit (bhuvanakośa).
Forests and lakes often function as symbols of inner cultivation (vana as disciplined retreat; saraḥ as clarity/reflective mind) within the mapped cosmos.