Markandeya Purana · Chapter 59

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe kūrmaniveśo nāmāṣṭapañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ūnaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 59
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
evantu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ yathāvat kathitaṃ mune /
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparañca tathāthiṣyaṃ catuṣṭayam

atraivaitadyugānāntu cāturvarṇyo 'tra vai dvija /
catvāri trīṇi dve caiva tathaikañca śaracchatam

jīvantyatra narā brahman ! kṛtatretādike kramāt /
devakūṭasya pūrvasya śailendrasya mahātmanaḥ

pūrveṇa yat sthitaṃ varṣaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ tannibodha me /
śvetaparṇaśca nīlaśca śaivālaścācalottamaḥ

kaurañjaḥ parṇaśālāgraḥ pañcaite tu kulācalāḥ /
teṣāṃ prasūtiranye ye bahavaḥ kṣudraparvatāḥ

tairviśiṣṭā janapadā nānārūpāḥ sahasraśaḥ /
tataḥ kumudasaṃkāśāḥ śuddhasānusumaṅgalāḥ

ityevamādayo 'nye 'pi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /
sītā śaṅkhāvatī bhadrā cakrāvartādikāstathā

nadyo 'tha bahvyo vistīrṇāḥ śītatoyaughavāhikāḥ /
atra varṣe narāḥ śaṅkhaśuddhahemasamaprabhāḥ

divyasaṅgaminaḥ puṇyā daśavarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ /
mandottamau na teṣu staḥ sarve te samadarśanāḥ

titikṣādibhiraṣṭābhaiḥ prakṛtyā te guṇairyutāḥ /
tatrāpyaśvaśirā devaścaturbāhurjanārdanaḥ

śirohṛdayomeḍhrāṅghrihastaiścākṣitrayānvitaḥ /
tasyāpyathaivaṃ viṣayā vijñeyā jagataḥ prabhoḥ

ketumālamato varṣaṃ nibodha mama paścimam /
viśālaḥ kambalaḥ kṛṣṇo jayanto hariparvataḥ

viśoko vardhamānaśca saptaite kulaparvatāḥ /
anye sahasraśaḥ śailā yeṣu lokagaṇaḥ sthitaḥ

maulayaste mahākāyāḥ śākapotakambhakāḥ /
aṅgulapramukhāścāpi vasanti śataśo janāḥ

ye pibanti mahānadyo vaṅkṣuṃ śyāmāṃ sakambalām /
amoghāṃ kāminīṃ śyāmāṃ tathaivānyāḥ sahasraśaḥ

atrāpyāyuḥ samaṃ pūrvairatrāpi bhagavān hariḥ /
varāharūpī pādāsyahṛtpṛṣṭhapārśvatastathā

trinakṣatrayute deśe nakṣatrāṇi śubhāni ca /
ityetat ketumālante kathitaṃ munisattama

ataḥ paraṃ kurūn vakṣye nibodheha mamottarān /
tatra vṛkṣā madhuphalā nityapuṣpaphalopagāḥ

vastrāṇi ca prasūyante phaleṣvābharaṇāni ca /
sarvakāmapradāste hi sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ

bhūmirmaṇimayī vāyuḥ sugandhaḥ sarvadā sukhaḥ /
jāyante mānavāstatra devalokaparicyutāḥ

mithunāni prasūyante samakālasthitāni vai /
anyonyamanuraktāni cakravākopamāni ca

caturdaśasahasrāṇi teṣāṃ sārdhāni vai sthitiḥ /
candrakāntaśca śailendraḥ sūryakāntastathāparaḥ

tasmin kulācalau varṣe tanmadhye ca mahānadī /
bhadrasomā prayātyurvyāṃ puṇyāmalajalaughinī

sahasraśastathaivānyā nadyo varṣe 'pi cottare /
tathānyāḥ kṣīravāhinyo ghṛtavāhinya eva ca

dadhno hradāstathā tatra tathānye cānuparvatāḥ /
amṛtāsvādakalpāni phalāni vividhāni ca

vaneṣu teṣu varṣeṣu śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ /
tatrāpi bhagavān viṣṇuḥ prākśirā matsyarūpavān

vibhakto navadhā vipra ! nakṣatrāṇāṃ trayaṃ trayam /
diśastathāpi navadhā vibhaktā munisattama

candradvīpaḥ samudre ca bhadradvīpastathāparaḥ /
tatrāpi puṇyo vikhyātaḥ samudrāntarmahāmune

ityetat kathitaṃ brahman ! kuruvarṣaṃ mayottaram /
śṛṇu kiṃpuruṣādīni varṣāṇi gadato mama