Shloka 21
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
महेन्द्रमलयाद्रौ च दुर्दुरे च वसन्ति ये ।
कर्कोटकवने ये च भृगुकच्छाः सकोङ्कणाः ॥
mahendramalayādrau ca durdure ca vasanti ye / karkoṭakavane ye ca bhṛgukacchāḥ sakoṅkaṇāḥ
മഹേന്ദ്ര, മലയം, ദുര്ദുരം എന്നീ പർവതങ്ങളിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവരും, കർക്കോടക വനത്തിൽ പാർക്കുന്നവരുമായവരിൽ ഭൃഗുകച്ഛരും കൊങ്കണരും ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.
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FAQs
By naming mountains and adjacent peoples together, the text treats landscape and culture as co-defining—human identity is read through ecological and geographical context.
Sthāna.
Mountains (adri) are classic ‘power nodes’ in Purāṇic imagination; listing inhabitants around them can imply a mandala-like spread of energies from these terrestrial ‘centers’.