Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
अंतरे हेमभूमिष्ठमिलावृतमिहोच्यते । माल्यवत्सागरांतस्य भद्राश्वमिति प्रोच्यते
aṃtare hemabhūmiṣṭhamilāvṛtamihocyate | mālyavatsāgarāṃtasya bhadrāśvamiti procyate
याच्या मध्यभागी सुवर्णभूमीवर प्रतिष्ठित ‘इलावृत’ असे म्हटले जाते. आणि माल्यवत् पर्वताजवळ समुद्रसीमेपर्यंतचा प्रदेश ‘भद्राश्व’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: A Meru-centered cosmic map: a golden central land labeled Ilāvṛta, with an ocean-girdled outer region labeled Bhadrāśva near the Mālyavat range; stylized mountains as jeweled ridges and concentric seas.
FAQs
The Purāṇas sacralize space by naming and describing regions, turning cosmography into a map of meaning and reverence.
Ilāvṛta and Bhadrāśva are cosmic regions; the verse does not praise a specific earthly pilgrimage tīrtha.
None; it is descriptive geography.