Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 24
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
कावेरी ऋष्यमूकस्था नासिक्याश्चैव ये जनाः ।
शङ्खशुक्त्यादिवैदूर्यशैलप्रान्तचराश्च ये ॥
kāverī ṛṣyamūkasthā nāsikyāś caiva ye janāḥ | śaṅkhaśukty-ādi-vaidūrya-śaila-prānta-carāś ca ye ||
ಕಾವೇರಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಜನರು, ಋಷ್ಯಮೂಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವವರು, ನಾಶಿಕ್ಯ ಜನರು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಶಂಖ-ಸಿಪ್ಪೆ ಮುಂತಾದವುಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ವೈದೂರ್ಯ ಪರ್ವತಗಳ ಗಡಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವವರೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ।
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FAQs
By tying peoples to rivers and mountains, the text frames human culture as embedded in sacred landscapes—places that shape ritual life, trade, and identity.
Cosmographical description supporting the Purāṇic world-picture; it is ancillary material that often accompanies Manvantara/vaṃśa contexts but is not itself genealogy.
Mountains named with gem imagery (vaidūrya) and marine substances (śaṅkha, śukti) symbolically connect earth and ocean resources to a unified cosmic body.