Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
तत्र च प्रैयव्रतो घृतपृष्टिनामा तत्पुत्राममधुरुहमेघपृष्ठस्वदामऋताश्वलोहितार्णववनस्पतिइतिसप्तपुत्रनामांकितानि सप्त वर्षाणि
tatra ca praiyavrato ghṛtapṛṣṭināmā tatputrāmamadhuruhameghapṛṣṭhasvadāmaṛtāśvalohitārṇavavanaspatiitisaptaputranāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi
तेथे प्रैयव्रत वंशातील राजा घृतपृष्ठ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध आहे. त्याच्या सात पुत्रांच्या नावांवरून सात वर्षे (प्रदेश) ओळखली जातात—ममधुरुह, मेघपृष्ठ, स्वदाम, ऋताश्व, लोहितार्णव, वनस्पति आणि सातवे अन्य वर्ष।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Krauñcadvīpa (mythic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmographic tableau: an island-continent (dvīpa) shown as a mandala with seven labeled regions; at the center a royal figure (Ghṛtapṛṣṭha) with seven sons indicated as emanating or seated in a semicircle, each associated with a region.
FAQs
Purāṇic geography preserves memory through lineage—righteous kingship and named regions reflect ordered cosmic governance.
Krauñcadvīpa is described via its ruler and regional divisions; it is a cosmic sacred region rather than a single terrestrial tīrtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse is primarily cosmographical and genealogical.