Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 56, Shloka 23
Adhyaya 56 — The Descent and Fourfold Course of the Ganga; Jambudvipa’s Varshas and Their Conditions
वार्क्षो स्वाभाविकी देश्या तोयोत्था मानसী तथा ।
कर्मजा च नृणां सिद्धर्वर्षेष्वेतेषु चाष्टसु ॥
vārkṣo svābhāvikī deśyā toyotthā mānasī tathā / karmajā ca nṛṇāṃ siddharvarṣeṣv eteṣu cāṣṭasu
在那八个洲域（varṣa）中，人类的成就（或圆满之途）有：树生的、自然（本具）的、地方（区域）的、水生的、心生的，以及业生的——这些在其中的悉达尔瓦洲域（Siddharva-varṣa）里可见。
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FAQs
The text distinguishes fulfillments that arise without effort (svābhāvikī) from those dependent on mind (mānasī) or action/rites (karmajā), implying graded worlds where the relationship between effort, mind, and result differs.
Cosmographic description belongs under 'Sarga' (ordering of the world) and related Purāṇic geography; it is not a manvantara list or royal genealogy.
The sixfold (as listed) typology can be read as a spectrum of causality: from material supports (tree/water) to subtle supports (mind) to moral supports (karma), reflecting layers of embodiment and consciousness across realms.