Shloka 52
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
काश्मीराश्च सुराष्ट्राश्च अवन्त्याश्चार्बुदैः सह ।
इत्येते ह्यपरान्ताश्च शृणु विन्ध्यनिवासिनः ॥
kāśmīrāśca surāṣṭrāśca avantyāścārbudaiḥ saha / ityete hyaparāntāśca śṛṇu vindhyanivāsinaḥ
காஷ்மீரர், சுராஷ்டிரர், அவந்தியர் மற்றும் ஆர்புதர்—இவர்கள் அனைவரும் ‘அபராந்த’ மக்கள் எனப் புகழப்படுகின்றனர். இப்போது விந்திய நாட்டில் வாழ்வோரைக் கேள்.
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FAQs
The Purāṇa links far-flung regions in one narrative horizon, reinforcing Bhārata as a connected sacred-cultural space.
Supportive geographical mapping often used to contextualize lineages, pilgrimages, and political memory (vaṃśānucarita-related).
The shift ‘now hear the Vindhya-dwellers’ mirrors oral pedagogy—knowledge is staged region by region, like ascending a symbolic mountain range.