Shloka 18
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
शाल्मलेस्तु वपुष्मन्तं ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशाह्वये ।
क्रौञ्चद्वीपे द्युतिमन्तं भव्यं शाकाह्वयेश्वरम् ॥
śālmalestu vapuṣmantaṃ jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśāhvaye |
krauñcadvīpe dyutimantaṃ bhavyaṃ śākāhvayeśvaram ||
சால்மலத்வீபத்தில் வபுஷ்மானை, குச எனப்படும் தீவில் ஜ்யோதிஷ்மானை, க்ரௌஞ்சத்வீபத்தில் த்யுதிமானை, மேலும் சாக எனப்படும் தீவின் அதிபதியாக பவ்யனை நியமித்தார்.
FAQs
The Purāṇa treats geography as a dharmic mandate: rulers are assigned to maintain order across differentiated realms, suggesting duty varies with domain.
Cosmography (bhūgola/bhuvana description) integrated with Vaṃśānucarita (rulers’ appointments).
The repeated ‘-āhvaya’ (named/called) underscores that naming is a form of ordering—language and authority together stabilize the cosmos in Purāṇic thought.