Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 35
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
कुरुस्तु सप्तमस्तेषां भद्राश्वश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः ।
नवमः केतुमालश्च तन्नाम्ना वर्षसंस्थितिः ॥
kurus tu saptamas teṣāṃ bhadrāśvaś cāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ /
navamaḥ ketumālaś ca tan-nāmnā varṣasaṃsthitiḥ
उनमें कुरु सातवाँ था और भद्राश्व आठवाँ स्मरण किया जाता है। नवम केतुमाल था, और वही नाम उस वर्ष (प्रदेश) का भी प्रतिष्ठित हुआ।
FAQs
Naming regions after progenitors reinforces a dharmic model of belonging: territory is not anonymous matter but a lived inheritance tied to duty and reputation.
‘Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita’ (lineages) integrated with ‘Sthāna’ (regional order).
The ‘varṣa established by name’ points to nāma-rūpa: name and form co-arise, implying that cosmic order is stabilized through intelligible designation.