Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 55, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi
वनैरमलपानीयैः सरोभिरुपशोभिताः ।
तासु पुण्यकृतां जन्म मनुष्याणां द्विजोत्तम ॥
vanair amala-pānīyaiḥ sarobhir upaśobhitāḥ | tāsu puṇya-kṛtāṃ janma manuṣyāṇāṃ dvijottama ||
તે વનો અને નિર્મળ જળવાળા સરોવરો વડે શોભિત છે. હે દ્વિજશ્રેષ્ઠ! તે પ્રદેશોમાં પુણ્યકર્મ કરનાર મનુષ્યો જન્મ લે છે.
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FAQs
Birth and environment are presented as karmically conditioned: refined habitats correspond to accumulated puṇya, reinforcing moral causality across lives.
Sthāna (ordering of realms) with an implicit karmic doctrine that supports Manvantara-style governance of worlds, though no specific Manu is named here.
Pure waters and forests symbolize sattva—clarity and harmony—implying that inner purity (puṇya) yields ‘pure landscapes’ as lived experience.