Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
जम्बूप्लक्षाभिधानौ च शाल्मलश्च कुशस्तथा । क्रौञ्चशाकौ पुष्करश्च ते सर्वे देवभूमयः ॥ ४३ ॥
jambūplakṣābhidhānau ca śālmalaśca kuśastathā | krauñcaśākau puṣkaraśca te sarve devabhūmayaḥ || 43 ||
Ang Jambū at ang dvīpa na tinatawag na Plakṣa, gayundin ang Śālmala at Kuśa, pati Krauñca at Śāka, at Puṣkara—lahat ng ito ay mga lupain ng mga deva, mga banal na kaharian.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames the seven great dvīpas as deva-bhūmis—cosmic regions governed by divine order—encouraging the reader to view creation as structured, sacred, and sustained by higher powers.
Indirectly, it supports bhakti by presenting the universe as a divine domain; recognizing creation as deva-ruled nurtures reverence, humility, and remembrance of the Supreme who upholds cosmic arrangement (loka-vyavasthā).
This verse mainly conveys Purāṇic cosmography rather than a Vedāṅga; practically, it aids traditional calendrical and geographic imagination used alongside Jyotiṣa and Purāṇic world-maps when contextualizing sacred places and rituals.