Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 49, Shloka 42
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
पुरञ्च खेṭकञ्चैव तद्वद् द्रोणीमुखं द्विज ।
शाखानगरकञ्चापि तथा कर्वटकेन्द्रमी ॥
puraṃ ca kheṭakaṃ caiva tadvad droṇīmukhaṃ dvija | śākhānagarakaṃ cāpi tathā karvaṭakaṃ drami ||
हे द्विज! पुर (नगर) और खेṭक (हाट-नगर/दुर्गयुक्त बस्ती), तथा द्रोणीमुख; इसी प्रकार शाखानगरक (शाखा-नगर) और कर्वट (लघु नगर/पथ-विश्राम बस्ती) भी कहे गए हैं।
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FAQs
Purāṇic instruction extends to how communities are structured; naming settlement-types implies roles, duties, and protections appropriate to each scale of habitation.
Sthiti-oriented material: social maintenance through administrative clarity (what constitutes a city vs. township, etc.).
Multiple settlement ‘tiers’ can be read as levels of organization in life—household, community, polity—each requiring appropriate boundaries and disciplines.