Shloka 33
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
अथर्वाश्चार्कलिङ्गाश्च मलकाश्च वृकैः सह ।
मध्यदेश्या जनपदाः प्रायशोऽमी प्रकीर्तिताः ॥
atharvāś cārkaliṅgāś ca malakāś ca vṛkaiḥ saha /
madhyadeśyā janapadāḥ prāyaśo 'mī prakīrtitāḥ //
అథర్వాలు, అర్కలింగాలు, మాలకాలు—వృకులతో కలిసి—ఇవే ప్రధానంగా మధ్యదేశంలోని జనపదాలుగా వర్ణించబడ్డాయి।
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FAQs
The Purāṇa preserves cultural memory: naming peoples and regions encourages a sense of ordered society and shared dhārmic geography across diverse communities.
Falls outside the five core markers; it is deśa-varṇana and social geography, a common Purāṇic layer supporting dharma and polity.
On a symbolic reading, ‘middle region’ can indicate the balanced path (madhyamā mārga): the text’s ordering of lands mirrors the mind’s need for structure and discernment.