Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 46
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
शैलूषा मूषिकाश्चैव कुसुमा नामवासकाः । महाराष्ट्रा माहिषका कलिङ्गाश्चैव सर्वशः ॥
śailūṣā mūṣikāścaiva kusumā nāmavāsakāḥ / mahārāṣṭrā māhiṣakā kaliṅgāścaiva sarvaśaḥ
शैलूष और मूषिक; नामवासक कहलाने वाले स्थान में रहने वाले कुसुम; तथा महाराष्ट्र, माहिषक और सर्वत्र कलिङ्ग।
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FAQs
The Purāṇa’s geographic memory preserves a mosaic of identities; ‘sarvaśaḥ’ suggests Kaliṅga’s wide presence or broad sub-regional spread in the tradition remembered by the text.
Bhū-varṇana (earth/regions description), a standard purāṇic component that supports the Purāṇa’s larger narrative purposes.
Enumerations create a ‘mantric’ effect of naming: repeated ethnonyms function like a litany that fixes the world in speech, transforming space into recitable order.