Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 56
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
अथो देशान् प्रवक्ष्यामः पर्वताश्रयिणस्तु ये निराहारा हंसमार्गाः कुपथास्तङ्गणाः खशाः
atho deśān pravakṣyāmaḥ parvatāśrayiṇastu ye nirāhārā haṃsamārgāḥ kupathāstaṅgaṇāḥ khaśāḥ
ఇప్పుడు పర్వతాశ్రయ దేశాలను వివరిస్తాను—నిరాహారులు, హంసమార్గులు, కుపథులు, తంగణులు, ఖశులు.
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FAQs
The verse functions less as moral instruction and more as a Purāṇic mapping of the inhabited world, acknowledging diverse frontier communities within a single sacred cosmological order.
This aligns most closely with Sthāna (description of the world/regions) within the Purāṇic fivefold characteristics, rather than sarga/pratisarga or dynastic narration.
Mountain-dwelling ‘edge’ peoples symbolize the Purāṇic concern to include liminal geographies—outer zones of Āryāvarta—within the narrative of dharma and cosmic order, even when not tied to a specific avatāra episode.