Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
जंबूप्लक्षकुशक्रौंचशाकशाल्मलिपुष्कराः । समुद्रान्सरितः सप्त द्वैगुण्येन प्रकल्पयेत्
jaṃbūplakṣakuśakrauṃcaśākaśālmalipuṣkarāḥ | samudrānsaritaḥ sapta dvaiguṇyena prakalpayet
जंबू, प्लक्ष, कुश, क्रौंच, शाक, शाल्मली व पुष्कर—हे सात द्वीप घडवावेत; तसेच सात समुद्र व नद्या योग्य प्रमाणात, क्रमाने द्विगुण विस्ताराने रचाव्यात।
Bhartṛyajña (procedural instruction)
Listener: King (nṛpa) addressed in instruction
Scene: A ritual artisan-priest lays out a golden map of the world: seven concentric continents and oceans, with rivers traced like veins; measuring cords and proportional rings indicate ‘doubling’ expansion.
FAQs
The cosmos itself is treated as worthy of reverence; by gifting a sacred model of the world, one cultivates gratitude and responsibility toward creation.
The instruction occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification context centered on Gautameśvara.
Depict the seven dvīpas, the seven oceans, and the rivers, arranged with ‘doubling’ proportional expansion.