Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
इति जपः । कुशद्वीपे कुशस्तंबो योजनानां सहस्रकः । तच्चिह्नचिह्नितं तस्मात्कुशद्वीपं ततः स्मृतम्
iti japaḥ | kuśadvīpe kuśastaṃbo yojanānāṃ sahasrakaḥ | taccihnacihnitaṃ tasmātkuśadvīpaṃ tataḥ smṛtam
یہی جَپ ہے۔ کُشَدویپ میں کُشا گھاس کا ایک جھنڈ ہے جو ہزار یوجن تک پھیلا ہوا ہے؛ اسی امتیازی نشان سے نشان زد ہونے کے سبب اسے ‘کُشَدویپ’ کہا اور یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kuśadvīpa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast golden-green expanse of kuśa grass like an ocean; a narrator-sage indicating the ‘mark’ that gives the dvīpa its name; the mantra just recited lingering as a visual aura.
FAQs
Sacred geography is remembered through dharmic symbols—here, kuśa (used in rites) marks the land, linking place with ritual purity.
Kuśadvīpa is praised as a sacred cosmic region, identified by the kuśa-grass hallmark rather than a single terrestrial tīrtha.
Japa (mantra-recitation) is explicitly indicated: “iti japaḥ”—thus one should recite/chant.