Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 34
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
हरिवर्षस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो 'भूदिलावृतः ।
वश्यश्च पञ्चमः पुत्रो हिरण्यः षष्ठ उच्यते ॥
harivarṣas tṛtīyas tu caturtho 'bhūd ilāvṛtaḥ /
vaśyaś ca pañcamaḥ putro hiraṇyaḥ ṣaṣṭha ucyate
ਤੀਜਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ‘ਹਰਿਵਰਸ਼’ ਸੀ; ਚੌਥਾ ‘ਇਲਾਵ੍ਰਿਤ’। ਪੰਜਵਾਂ ਪੁੱਤਰ ‘ਵਸ਼੍ਯ’ ਸੀ; ਛੇਵਾਂ ‘ਹਿਰਣ੍ਯ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
FAQs
Purāṇic lists function as memory-architecture: geography is anchored in lineage, suggesting that land and culture are stewarded through generational continuity.
‘Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita’ expressed through naming of regions (a ‘Sthāna’ overlay).
Ilāvṛta’s centrality in Purāṇic cosmography can symbolize the ‘axis’ of consciousness; surrounding varṣas represent differentiated fields of experience.