Shloka 9
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
वैदेहकाः सपाञ्चालाः संकेताḥ कङ्कमारुताः ।
गजाह्वयाश्च कूर्मस्य जलमध्यानिवासिनः ॥
vaidehakāḥ sapāñcālāḥ saṃketāḥ kaṅkamārutāḥ | gajāhvayāś ca kūrmasya jalamadhyanivāsinaḥ ||
Kaum Vaidehaka bersama Pañcāla, Saṃketa dan Kaṅkamāruta; serta juga Gajāhvaya—mereka ini mendiami perairan tengah sang kura-kura.
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FAQs
The verse blends ethnography with mythic physiology (regions as ‘within’ the deity). It suggests that social worlds are nested within divinity—encouraging reverence toward land and peoples as part of a sacred totality.
Sthiti—mapping the ordered world; it is a cosmographic sub-genre within Purāṇic description.
‘Mid-waters’ evokes the intermediary realm (antarikṣa-like symbolism) where influences mix. Esoterically, it can indicate a liminal, transformative zone—neither purely terrestrial nor purely celestial—where karmic signs are especially read.