Shloka 6
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
वेदमन्त्राः विमाण्डव्याः शाल्वनीपास्तथा शकाः ।
उज्जिहानास्तथा वत्स घोषसंख्यास्तथा खसाः ॥
vedamantrā vimāṇḍavyāḥ śālvanīpās tathā śakāḥ | ujjihānās tathā vatsa ghoṣasaṃkhyās tathā khasāḥ ||
(ఆ జనులు/ప్రదేశాలు:) వేదమంత్రులు, విమాండవ్యులు, శాల్వనీపులు, శకులు; అలాగే ఉజ్జిహానులు; మరియు ఓ ప్రియమా, ఘోషసంఖ్యులు, ఖసులును కూడా।
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FAQs
Catalogues of peoples underscore the Purāṇic vision of an ordered human landscape. Ethically, it implies inclusivity within a cosmic order: diverse janapadas are placed within a single sacral cartography rather than outside dharma’s horizon.
Sthiti—descriptive ordering of the inhabited world (bhūgola / janapada-vyavasthā).
Names function as ‘markers’ in a ritual-cosmological map: the world is not merely physical but semiotic, where regions/peoples correspond to larger astral and divine patterns.