Shloka 17
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
जम्बुद्वीपे तथाग्नीध्रं राजानं कृतवान् पिता ।
प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरश्चापि तेन मेधातिथिः कृतः ॥
jambudvīpe tathāgnīdhraṃ rājānaṃ kṛtavān pitā |
plakṣadvīpeśvaraś cāpi tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ ||
जम्बूद्वीपे पिताऽऽग्नीध्रं राजानं न्ययोजयत्। प्लक्षद्वीपस्य चेशानं मेधातिथिं न्ययोजयत्।
FAQs
Governance is contextual: each region receives a designated ruler, implying differentiated duties suited to place, people, and dharma.
Cosmography and Vaṃśānucarita: naming rulers as part of the world’s ordered structure.
Jambūdvīpa often functions as the ‘central’ human realm in Purāṇic maps; assigning Āgnīdhra there signals primacy of the central axis of order.