Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 42
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
क्रौञ्चाः कुरुवकाः चैव क्षुद्रवीणाश्च ये जनाः ।
रसालयाः सकैकेयाः भोगप्रस्थाः सयामुनाः ॥
krauñcāḥ kuruvakāś caiva kṣudravīṇāś ca ye janāḥ / rasālayā sakaikeyā bhogaprasthāḥ sayāmunāḥ
鸠槃遮族（Krauñca）、拘卢婆迦族（Kuruvaka）与刹陀罗毗那族（Kṣudravīṇa）诸民；罗萨拉耶族（Rasālaya）与凯迦耶族（Kaikeya）同列；薄伽钵罗萨他族（Bhogaprastha）与阎牟那族（Yāmuna）亦复被记数。
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FAQs
By listing both famous (Kaikeya, Yāmuna) and obscure groups together, the Purāṇa asserts a single cultural cosmos that includes center and periphery.
Sthāna (regional description) with occasional hints of Vaṃśānucarita when recognizable peoples imply historical lineages.
The juxtaposition of river-linked peoples (Yāmunas) with other ethnonyms suggests that waterways act as ‘lifelines’ in the sacred body, binding disparate communities into one mandala.