Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
जीवन्त्यत्र नरा ब्रह्मन् ! कृतत्रेतादिके क्रमात् ।
देवकूटस्य पूर्वस्य शैलेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः ॥
jīvanty atra narā brahman kṛta-tretādike kramāt / devakūṭasya pūrvasya śailendrasya mahātmanaḥ
Люди живут здесь, о брахман, согласно порядку, начинающемуся с юг Крита и Трета. Эта область лежит к востоку от великого владыки гор Девакуты (Devakūṭa).
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Human life is portrayed as conditioned by cosmic order; geography and time are intertwined in Purāṇic mapping, implying that environment and epoch shape dharma and human flourishing.
This belongs to cosmographical exposition used across Purāṇas as supportive material for 'Sarga/Pratisarga' world-structure narratives rather than direct genealogy.
‘East of Devakūṭa’ can be read symbolically: the ‘east’ (udaya) suggests emergence/illumination—placing an idealized varṣa in the direction of spiritual dawn.