Shloka 24

Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa

Cosmographic Geography

Devanagari script

सप्तमस्तु ककुद्मान्नाम सैव मन्दरः कीर्त्यते॥

Transliteration

saptamas tu kakudmān nāma saiva mandaraḥ kīrtyate

Translation

सप्तमः तु ककुद्मान् नाम; स एव पर्वतः ‘मन्दरः’ इति कीर्त्यते॥

Word by Word

सप्तमःthe seventh

तुbut / and

ककुद्मान्Kakudmān (name)

नामnamed

साthat (one)

एवindeed / just

मन्दरःMandara (mountain)

कीर्त्यतेis famed / is called

Speaker

Varāha

Varaha Avatara Context

Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}

Bhu Devi Dialogue

Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"curious, attentive (listener to cosmographic enumeration)","key_question":"None"}

Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}

Dharma Shastra

Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}

Vrata Mahatmya

Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}

Cosmic Boar Symbolism

Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}

Philosophical Teaching

Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"cosmological taxonomy / nāma-bheda (name-identity)","core_concept":"One entity may be known by multiple authoritative names within Purāṇic tradition (Mandara = Kakudmān).","practical_application":"Read Purāṇic geography with sensitivity to synonymy and regional/recensional name-variants when correlating lists."}

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Geography","Cosmology"]

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: śānta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: dvīpa / cosmographic continent

Cross References

Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 86 (Kūśadvīpa mountain-list context)

Visual Art Cues

Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha as narrator-teacher indicating a cosmographic map where a mountain is labeled with two names: Kakudmān and Mandara.","item_prompts":["seated Varāha teaching posture","Bhu-devī listening","cosmic map/scroll","mountain icon labeled 'Kakudmān/Mandara'","dvīpa ring diagram"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Varāha in calm teaching stance, Bhu-devī beside, stylized concentric dvīpas, a highlighted mountain with dual-name inscription.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: central Varāha teacher with ornate halo and gold leaf, miniature cosmographic diagram at the base showing Mandara/Kakudmān.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: refined linework, subdued palette, Varāha pointing to a manuscript folio listing 'Kakudmān—Mandara'.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lyrical landscape with a prominent peak, two name-cartouches for the same mountain, intimate teacher-disciple composition."}

Audio Atmosphere

Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"measured, didactic","suggested_raga":"Śrī (or a similarly grave, stable raga)","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"clear, enumerative, authoritative"}

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a well-known Purāṇic mountain name (Mandara) with a local designation (Kakudmān), showing how traditions reconcile multiple naming streams.

Which geographic location is identified?

The seventh mountain in the series for Kūśadvīpa, called Kakudmān/Mandara.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

None stated; the function is classificatory and geographic.