Shloka 51
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
दार्वादा मरकाश्चैव कुरटाश्चान्नदारकाः ।
एकपादा खशा घोषाः स्वर्गभौमानवद्यकाः ॥
dārvādā marakāś caiva kuraṭāś cānnadārakāḥ | ekapādā khaśā ghoṣāḥ svargabhaumānavadyakāḥ ||
दार्वाद, मरक, कुरट आणि अन्नदारक; एकपाद, खश, घोष तसेच स्वर्गभौम व अनवद्यकही।
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FAQs
By placing ‘fabulous’ beings (Ekapāda) alongside historical ethnonyms (Khaśa), the Purāṇa treats the world as layered: empirical geography and mythic geography coexist, both serving to communicate cosmic vastness.
Sthāna (cosmography), especially the Purāṇic convention of including extraordinary races at the margins of the world.
‘One-footed’ may symbolize one-sidedness or single-pointed drive—extreme specialization—found at the ‘edges’ of consciousness, paralleling the edges of the world-map.