Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 24
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
तेषां स्वनामधेयानि क्रौञ्चद्वीपे तथाभवन् । ज्योतिष्मतः कुशद्वीपे पुत्रनामाङ्कितानि वै ॥
teṣāṃ sva-nāmadheyāni krauñcadvīpe tathābhavan | jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe putra-nāmāṅkitāni vai ||
क्रौञ्चद्वीप में प्रदेश अपने-अपने नामों से प्रसिद्ध हुए। और कुशद्वीप में भी ज्योतिष्मत के पुत्रों के नामों से ही प्रदेश चिह्नित हुए।
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FAQs
Puranic geography is mnemonic: to remember the world is to remember its lineages; place and person are mutually referential.
Vamśa (genealogies) integrated into Sarga-like cosmography.
‘Aṅkita’ (marked/inscribed) implies sacralization of space through naming—territory becomes a living record of ancestral continuity.