Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 34
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
हरिवर्षस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो 'भूदिलावृतः ।
वश्यश्च पञ्चमः पुत्रो हिरण्यः षष्ठ उच्यते ॥
harivarṣas tṛtīyas tu caturtho 'bhūd ilāvṛtaḥ /
vaśyaś ca pañcamaḥ putro hiraṇyaḥ ṣaṣṭha ucyate
तीसरा (पुत्र) हरिवर्ष था; चौथा इलावृत। पाँचवाँ पुत्र वश्य था; छठा हिरण्य कहा जाता है।
FAQs
Purāṇic lists function as memory-architecture: geography is anchored in lineage, suggesting that land and culture are stewarded through generational continuity.
‘Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita’ expressed through naming of regions (a ‘Sthāna’ overlay).
Ilāvṛta’s centrality in Purāṇic cosmography can symbolize the ‘axis’ of consciousness; surrounding varṣas represent differentiated fields of experience.