Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 49

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

काश्मीरकं तथा राष्ट्रमभिसारजनस्तथा ।

दवदास्त्वङ्गनाश्चैव कुलटा वनराष्ट्रकाः ॥

Transliteration

kāśmīrakaṃ tathā rāṣṭram abhisāra-janas tathā | davadās tvaṅganāś caiva kulaṭā vanarāṣṭrakāḥ ||

Translation

またカश्मीर（Kāśmīra）とラーシュトラ（Rāṣṭra）の国、同様にアビサーラ（Abhisāra）の民、ダヴァダー（Davadā）、アンガナー（Aṅganā）、クラタ（Kulaṭa）、ヴァナラーシュトラカ（Vanarāṣṭraka）も（挙げられる）。

Word by Word

• काश्मीरकम्: Kāśmīraka (Kashmir region/people)
• काश्मीरकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्मीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; name of a country/people

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• राष्ट्रम्: the country/realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• अभिसारजनः: the Abhisāra people
• अभिसारजनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिसार-जन (प्रातिपदिक; components: अभिसार + जन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘people of Abhisāra’)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय

• दवदाः: the Davadās
• दवदाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दवदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ethnonym (people-name)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle: ‘but/and then’)

• अङ्गनाः: the Aṅganās
• अङ्गनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; here as a people-name per context

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कुलटाः: the Kulaṭās
• कुलटाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; here as a people-name

• वनराष्ट्रकाः: the Vanarāṣṭrakas
• वनराष्ट्रकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन-राष्ट्रक (प्रातिपदिक; components: वन + राष्ट्रक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘forest-country people’ / ‘of Vanarāṣṭra’)

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Cosmography
• Ethnography
• Northwestern India (Kāśmīra, Abhisāra)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text’s ‘world-catalogue’ includes famed regions and obscure groups alike, reflecting a Purāṇic intent to be encyclopedic—preserving a sacred geography that situates cultural memory within cosmic order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna (geographical description).

What is the esoteric significance?

Naming regions like Kāśmīra in a sacred list sacralizes space: geography becomes a component of dharma, not merely a physical map.