Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 59, Shloka 27
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
विभक्तो नवधा विप्र ! नक्षत्राणां त्रयं त्रयम् ।
दिशस्तथापि नवधा विभक्ता मुनिसत्तम ॥
vibhakto navadhā vipra! nakṣatrāṇāṃ trayaṃ trayam | diśas tathāpi navadhā vibhaktā munisattama ||
હે બ્રાહ્મણ, આ વ્યવસ્થા નવ રીતે વિભાજિત છે—નક્ષત્રો ત્રણ-ત્રણના સમૂહોમાં; તેમજ દિશાઓ પણ નવ રીતે વિભાજિત છે, હે મુનિશ્રેષ્ઠ।
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FAQs
The cosmos is presented as patterned and classifiable; such ordering underwrites ritual timing (nakṣatras) and spatial orientation (directions), aligning human action with cosmic order.
Ancillary cosmology associated with sarga/pratisarga; it supplies the structural framework used by Purāṇic ritual and narrative geography.
Ninefold division can signify completeness (center plus eight directions), suggesting a mandalic worldview where space and time are integrated into a sacred grid.