Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 156
चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि कुरुदेशः प्रकीर्तितः । सार्धलक्षस्तथा प्रोक्तः किरातविजयो जयः
catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi kurudeśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | sārdhalakṣastathā proktaḥ kirātavijayo jayaḥ
کُرو دیس کے بارے میں کہا گیا ہے کہ اس میں چونسٹھ ہزار گاؤں ہیں۔ اور کیرات وجے—جسے جَے بھی کہتے ہیں—اس میں بھی ڈیڑھ لاکھ گاؤں بتائے گئے ہیں۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A narrator gestures to two contrasting landscapes: the fertile plains of Kuru with orderly villages and fields, and a mountainous Kirāta frontier with forested slopes and scattered settlements, suggesting a civilizational span.
FAQs
By naming famed dharmic regions, the text sacralizes history and place, encouraging remembrance of the world as upheld by dharma.
None explicitly; these are territorial identifications within a larger catalogue.
None.