Shloka 11
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
वृषध्वजोऽञ्जनश्चैव जम्ब्वाख्यो मानवाचलः ।
शूर्पकर्णो व्याघ्रमुखः खर्मकः करवटाशनः ॥
vṛṣadhvajo 'ñjanaś caiva jambvākhyo mānavācalaḥ | śūrpakarṇo vyāghramukhaḥ kharmakaḥ karvaṭāśanaḥ ||
(Ada pula) Vṛṣadhvaja dan Añjana; Jambvākhya dan Mānavācala; Śūrpakarṇa, Vyāghramukha, Kharmaka dan Karvaṭāśana.
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FAQs
Such lists preserve a memory of sacred landscapes—mountains and regions as carriers of identity. The ethical valence is indirect: landscapes are treated as meaningful, encouraging a sacral regard for place.
Sthiti—descriptive geography; these enumerations support the Purāṇic world-map tradition.
Mountains often symbolize stability and axis-like support. Naming them within the Kūrma scheme implies that ‘fixed’ features of the world participate in a living cosmic body.