Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
रौद्रः पुनर्वसुः पुष्यो नक्षत्रत्रितयं मुखे ।
पादे तु दक्षिणे देशाः क्रौष्टुके वदतः शृणु ॥
raudraḥ punarvasuḥ puṣyo nakṣatratritayaṃ mukhe / pāde tu dakṣiṇe deśāḥ krauṣṭuke vadataḥ śṛṇu
Ang Raudra, Punarvasu, at Puṣya—ang tatlong nakṣatra na ito ay nasa rehiyong bibig. Ngayon ay pakinggan mo habang sinasabi ko ang mga bansa sa timog na paa, sa bahaging tinatawag na Krauṣṭuka.
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FAQs
The text integrates terrestrial space with celestial order (nakṣatras), reinforcing the Purāṇic principle that human habitation mirrors a larger cosmic rhythm.
Sthāna, with an astral-cosmographic sublayer (linking earth-divisions to nakṣatra groupings).
Nakṣatra triads can function as ‘cosmic coordinates’: assigning regions to lunar stations suggests a ritual-astral grid where time (lunar motion) and space (directions/limbs) interlock.