Shloka 18
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
शाल्मलेस्तु वपुष्मन्तं ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशाह्वये ।
क्रौञ्चद्वीपे द्युतिमन्तं भव्यं शाकाह्वयेश्वरम् ॥
śālmalestu vapuṣmantaṃ jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśāhvaye |
krauñcadvīpe dyutimantaṃ bhavyaṃ śākāhvayeśvaram ||
شالمَل دویپ میں وپُشمان کو، کُش نامی دویپ میں جیوتِشمان کو، کرونچ دویپ میں دیوتِمان کو، اور شاک نامی دویپ کا حاکم بھویہ کو مقرر کیا۔
FAQs
The Purāṇa treats geography as a dharmic mandate: rulers are assigned to maintain order across differentiated realms, suggesting duty varies with domain.
Cosmography (bhūgola/bhuvana description) integrated with Vaṃśānucarita (rulers’ appointments).
The repeated ‘-āhvaya’ (named/called) underscores that naming is a form of ordering—language and authority together stabilize the cosmos in Purāṇic thought.