Shloka 1
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे कूर्मनिवेशो नामाष्टपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः ।
ऊनषष्टितमोऽध्यायः- ५९ ।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवंतु भारतं वर्षं यथावत् कथितं मुने ।
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरञ्च तथाथिष्यम् चतुष्टयम् ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe kūrmaniveśo nāmāṣṭapañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ ūnaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 59 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evantu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ yathāvat kathitaṃ mune / kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparañca tathāthiṣyaṃ catuṣṭayam
Như vậy, trong Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, chương năm mươi tám mang tên “Kūrma-niveśa” kết thúc. (Nay bắt đầu) Chương 59. Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Như thế, hỡi hiền triết, Bhārata-varṣa đã được mô tả đúng đắn; và bốn thời đại—Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, và cũng như Kali—cần được hiểu như vậy.”
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FAQs
The transition links geography/cosmology with time (yugas), implying that dharma and human conditions vary by cosmic age; proper understanding requires situating teachings within time-cycles.
Yuga enumeration is typically associated with Manvantara/Kāla-prakaraṇa material in Purāṇas; it supports the Purāṇic aim of describing cosmic time and its moral decline across ages.
The yugas function as a temporal mandala: as the cosmos is mapped spatially (kūrma-schema), it is also mapped temporally (fourfold yuga cycle), presenting a unified sacred model of space-time.