Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 29
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
फाल्गुन्यश्चोत्तरा हस्ता चित्रा चर्क्षत्रयं द्विज ।
कूर्मस्य दक्षिणे कुक्षौ बाह्यपादस्तथापरम् ॥
phālgunyaś cottarā hastā citrā carkṣatrayaṃ dvija | kūrmasya dakṣiṇe kukṣau bāhya-pādas tathāparam ||
ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜ! ಉತ್ತರಾಫಾಲ್ಗುನೀ, ಹಸ್ತಾ, ಚಿತ್ರಾ—ಈ ಮೂರು ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳು ಕೂರ್ಮನ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ‘ಕುಕ್ಷಿ’ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿತವಾಗಿವೆ; ಇತರತ್ರ ಹೊರಪಾದವನ್ನು ನಿಯೋಜಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ।
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FAQs
The verse presents a contemplative ordering: celestial markers (nakṣatras) are correlated with terrestrial divisions, encouraging a worldview where time (sky) and space (earth) mirror each other.
Cosmography (bhū- and jyotiṣa-oriented description) used to stabilize the Purāṇic model of the universe; ancillary to the five main topics.
Nakṣatra-to-body-limb correspondences are a form of bandhu (occult linkage): aligning ritual time with mapped space is meant to harmonize human action with cosmic order.