Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
तत्र प्रैयव्रत इध्मजिह्वः पतिस्तत्पुत्रसिवसुरम्यसुभद्र शांत्यशप्तमृताभयनामांकितानि सप्त वर्षाणि
tatra praiyavrata idhmajihvaḥ patistatputrasivasuramyasubhadra śāṃtyaśaptamṛtābhayanāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi
तत्र प्रैयव्रतवंशीयः इध्मजिह्वो नाम पतिः; तस्य पुत्राः—शिवः, सुरम्यः, सुभद्रः, शान्त्यः, शप्तः, मृताभयः—एतेषां नामाङ्कितानि सप्त वर्षाणि भवन्ति।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Gomeda-dvīpa (sapta-varṣa-vibhāga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic map-like tableau: Gomeda-dvīpa shown as a circular island divided into seven luminous regions, each labeled with a prince’s name; at the center, King Idhmajihva enthroned in calm authority.
FAQs
Puranic dharma links rulership with responsibility: regions are ordered and remembered through righteous lineages and named divisions.
No earthly tīrtha is singled out; the verse maps administrative-sacred divisions within a cosmological dvīpa.
None explicitly; this verse is descriptive (genealogy and regional naming).