Shloka 17
भारतवर्षमहात्म्यम् — कर्मभूमित्वम्, नवभेदाः, कुलपर्वताः-नद्यः-जनपदाः, युगचक्रविशेषः, यज्ञपुरुषविष्णुपूजा
कारूषा मालवाश् चैव पारियात्रनिवासिनः सौवीराः सैन्धवा हूणाः साल्वाः शाकलवासिनः
kārūṣā mālavāś caiva pāriyātranivāsinaḥ sauvīrāḥ saindhavā hūṇāḥ sālvāḥ śākalavāsinaḥ
ມີຊົນກາຣູສະ ແລະ ມາລະວະ; ຜູ້ອາໄສຕາມເທືອກເຂົາປາຣິຍາຕຣ; ຊົນເສົາວີຣະ ແລະ ໄສນທະວະ; ຮູນ; ສາລວະ; ແລະຜູ້ຢູ່ຊາກະລະ—ຊົນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຖືກກ່າວນັບໃນແດນນີ້।
Sage Parāśara (to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse participates in the Purana’s sacred geography, mapping human communities onto a divinely ordered world, showing Bharata-varsha as an organized realm within Vishnu’s cosmic governance.
Parāśara answers Maitreya by systematically naming mountains, regions, and peoples, presenting geography as part of the Purāṇic cosmological framework rather than a purely political list.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the ordered enumeration reflects the Purana’s premise that the universe—including lands and peoples—rests within Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty and dharmic structure.