Shloka 13
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
प्राग्ज्योतिषाः सलौहित्याः सामुद्राः पुरुषादकाः ।
पूर्णोत्कटो भद्रगौरस्तथोदयगिरिर्द्विज ॥
prāgjyotiṣāḥ salauhityāḥ sāmudrāḥ puruṣādakāḥ / purṇotkaṭo bhadragauras tathodayagirir dvija !
Ô deux-fois-né, il y a les Prāgjyotiṣa, les Salauhitya, les Sāmudra et les «Puruṣādaka» ; ainsi que (les contrées nommées) Pūrṇotkaṭa, Bhadragaura et Udayagiri.
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FAQs
The passage is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive: it reflects the Purāṇic habit of mapping human diversity onto a sacred cosmography, implying that all peoples are situated within an ordered cosmic body.
It aligns most closely with Sthāna (cosmic/terrestrial ‘placement’ and ordering of regions) within Purāṇic description, rather than Sarga/Pratisarga or Vaṃśa.
The ‘Kūrma’ (tortoise) model symbolically treats the world as a stable support (like the tortoise bearing weight), with regions assigned to limbs/mouth—an image of integrated cosmic embodiment.