Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 59, 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
如是，在《圣·摩尔甘德耶往世书》中，名为“龟之安置”（Kūrma-niveśa）的第五十八章告终。（今起）第五十九章。摩尔甘德耶说道：“如是，噢圣者，婆罗多界（Bhārata-varṣa）已被如法详述；而四个时代——克利多（Kṛta）、特雷塔（Tretā）、德瓦帕罗（Dvāpara），以及迦利（Kali）——亦当如是了知。”
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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.