Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
ग्रामादिदेशसंयुक्ताः स्थिताः सागरमध्यगाः । एक एव स्थितस्तेषां कुमार्याख्यस्तु सांप्रतम्
grāmādideśasaṃyuktāḥ sthitāḥ sāgaramadhyagāḥ | eka eva sthitasteṣāṃ kumāryākhyastu sāṃpratam
گاؤں اور دوسری آبادیوں سے آراستہ وہ سمندر کے بیچ واقع تھے۔ مگر اب ان میں سے صرف ایک ہی باقی ہے— جسے ‘کُماریا’ کہا جاتا ہے۔
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kumāryā (surviving dvīpa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Submerged rooftops and temple spires faintly visible beneath translucent waves; above, Kumāryā stands with a small cluster of living villages; the narrator points to the sea as Devī listens.
FAQs
Even when worlds change, dharmic memory preserves what remains; the surviving sacred region becomes a living witness to Purāṇic history.
Kumāryā (as a named dvīpa/region) is emphasized as the one that remains.
None; it is descriptive geography.