Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
यैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपर्वता ।
ससमुद्राकरवती प्रतिवर्षं निवेशिता ॥
yair iyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā saparvatā |
sasamudrākaravatī prativarṣaṃ niveśitā ||
उनके द्वारा सात द्वीपों और पर्वतों सहित, समुद्रों और खानों से युक्त यह समस्त पृथ्वी बसाई गई और वर्ष-वार (प्रदेश-प्रदेश) बाँटी गई।
FAQs
The world is portrayed as governable through dharmic organization—settlement and division are not mere conquest but structured stewardship of land and resources.
Sarga/Pratisarga-adjacent cosmography (description of the world’s structure) and Manvantara-linked administration of the earth by Manu’s line.
Seven dvīpas can be read as a template of completeness (saptaka symbolism), suggesting a total cosmic order where geography mirrors layered planes of experience.