Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 79
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
मीनमेषौ द्विजश्रेष्ठ ! पादे पूर्वोत्तरे स्थितौ ।
कूर्मे देशास्तथर्क्षाणि देशेष्वेतेषु वै द्विज ॥
mīnameṣau dvijaśreṣṭha ! pāde pūrvottare sthitau / kūrme deśāstatharkṣāṇi deśeṣveteṣu vai dvija
ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ! ಮೀನು ಮತ್ತು ಮೇಷ ಈಶಾನ್ಯ ಪಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿವೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ (ವಿಶ್ವ) ಕೂರ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳೂ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳೂ ಸಹ—ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜ—ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಭಾಗವಾಗಿ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸಗೊಂಡಿವೆ.
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FAQs
Human communities (deśas) are integrated into a cosmic order; collective events are not merely personal but can be read as regional/cosmic patterns, prompting communal rites and responsibility.
Sacred geography tied to cosmic structure is typically treated under Sarga/Pratisarga-related cosmology (world-structure), with practical application to omens.
The verse fuses ‘space’ (deśa) and ‘time’ (nakṣatra cycles) into one body-map—an esoteric statement that karmic time manifests as spatial destiny within the divine organism.