Shloka 42
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
मद्रा रामास्तथाम्बष्ठाः पारसीकास्तथैव च / आसां पिबन्ति सलिलं वसन्ति सरितां सदा
madrā rāmāstathāmbaṣṭhāḥ pārasīkāstathaiva ca / āsāṃ pibanti salilaṃ vasanti saritāṃ sadā
మద్రులు, రాములు, అంబష్టులు మరియు పారసీకులు కూడా; వీరు ఆ (నదుల) జలాన్ని పానము చేసి, ఎల్లప్పుడూ నదీతీరాలలో నివసిస్తారు।
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic description as taught by the sages in the Kurma Purana’s geographical catalogue
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily descriptive (geography/peoples) rather than metaphysical; it supports the Purāṇic worldview in which human communities are situated within a sacred cosmic order, but it does not directly define Ātman.
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this verse; its focus is on janapadas and their dependence on river systems. In the Kurma Purana, such geographic catalogues often frame later dharma and tīrtha themes, where rivers become settings for vows, japa, and purification.
It does not directly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to a geographic/ethnographic section. The Kurma Purana’s synthesis appears more explicitly in its dharma and Ishvara Gita-style teachings rather than in this settlement description.