Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 49
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
काश्मीरकं तथा राष्ट्रमभिसारजनस्तथा ।
दवदास्त्वङ्गनाश्चैव कुलटा वनराष्ट्रकाः ॥
kāśmīrakaṃ tathā rāṣṭram abhisāra-janas tathā | davadās tvaṅganāś caiva kulaṭā vanarāṣṭrakāḥ ||
ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರವೂ ಹಾಗೂ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದೇಶವೂ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅಭಿಸಾರ ಜನರು; ದವದಾಸರು, ಅಙ್ಗನರು, ಕುಲಟರು ಮತ್ತು ವನರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕರು।
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FAQs
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.
Sthāna (geographical description).
Naming regions like Kāśmīra in a sacred list sacralizes space: geography becomes a component of dharma, not merely a physical map.