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Kimpurusha Varsha
Markandeya says- 'The people residing in KimPurusha Varsh enjoy a long life. They live for 10,000 years. They are never bothered by any kind of disease or sorrow. Just behind Kimpurusha Varsh is situated Hari Varsh. The residents of Hari Varsh enjoy an eternally youthful life because of the sugarcane juice they intake. Meru Varsh, which is situated near Hari Varsh, is also known as Ilavrit. It is devoid of the light of the Sun but gets sufficient light from the radiant Sumeru Mountain. It is so bright that even the Sun gets overshadowed. People living in Meru Varsh enjoy a very long life for 30,000 years. Similarly people living in Ramyak Varsh sustain themselves by drinking fruit juice. They live for 10,000 years. Hiranyamay Varsh is situated towards the north of Ramyak Varsh where the river Hiranvati flows. The residents of Hiranyamay are powerful, rich and handsome in appearance.
Chapter 56 vs(21) of markandeya purana . In the eight Barshas, O thou most excellent among the twice-born persons, commencing with that called the Kimpurusha, the waters flow from out of the womb of the earth; in Bharata, however, water is obtained from the clouds.
CHAPTER - 57
KRAUSTUKI said: - O Revered One, you have in detail described to me the Jambudwipa. This has been related by the revered one that leaving Bharata, actions that produce merit, or that lead to vice, do not exist anywhere else, it is from here that men attain heaven and salvation, both temporary and final; and in no other place on earth are works assigned to men; therefore O Brahman, describe this Bharata to me fully: -what are its divisions and what its limits, as also its exact position, and O thou tiger among the twice-born, tell me also what are its mountains. (1-4)
MARKANDEYA said: - Of this Bharata there are nine divisions, of which hear from me with attention. They are to be known as existing between oceans, and unapproachable from one another. (5) Indradwipa, Kasheruman, Stamrabarna, Gabhastiman, Nagadwipa, likewise Saumya, Gandharba, Baruna, and of them the ninth is this island surrounded by the ocean. This island is one thousand yojana in extent from south to north. (6-7)
This is the Bharatabarsha, which has countries on all its four quarters. (56-58) In the south, the west, and the east of it is the great ocean, while the Himalaya stands to the north of it like the string of a bow. (59) This is that Bharatabarsha, O thou excellent among twice-born persons, which contains the seed of all that exist. It is here, O Brahman, that according to the fruits of people's action the state of Brahman, of the lord of the immortals, of the gods, the state of Maruta similarly, and likewise the births of deer, beasts, Apsaras and of all reptiles, and that of the inanimate objects, are attainable. This is the field of Karma such as exists nowhere else. Oh thou wise among Brahmans, it is the heart's desire even of the gods to be deprived of their state as gods to come to earth as men
(born in Bharatabarsha). Man here does that which even the gods and the Asuras are not able to do. People here are bound by the chains of Karma, and are anxious to finish that Karma; they do no works moved by the least happiness. (60-64)
Chapter 106
50) The seven Rishis too, headed by Vashistha and Atri,
saying: "May good betide thee! may good betide thee!!" pleased him with the chanting of various hymns. (51) The Balakhilyas too, filled with delight, pleased the revolving Sun, by reciting the prime and most excellent Riks recorded in the Vedas: (52)
Kimpurusha Varsha
Markandeya says- 'The people residing in KimPurusha Varsh enjoy a long life. They live for 10,000 years. They are never bothered by any kind of disease or sorrow. Just behind Kimpurusha Varsh is situated Hari Varsh. The residents of Hari Varsh enjoy an eternally youthful life because of the sugarcane juice they intake. Meru Varsh, which is situated near Hari Varsh, is also known as Ilavrit. It is devoid of the light of the Sun but gets sufficient light from the radiant Sumeru Mountain. It is so bright that even the Sun gets overshadowed. People living in Meru Varsh enjoy a very long life for 30,000 years. Similarly people living in Ramyak Varsh sustain themselves by drinking fruit juice. They live for 10,000 years. Hiranyamay Varsh is situated towards the north of Ramyak Varsh where the river Hiranvati flows. The residents of Hiranyamay are powerful, rich and handsome in appearance.
Chapter 56 vs(21) of markandeya purana . In the eight Barshas, O thou most excellent among the twice-born persons, commencing with that called the Kimpurusha, the waters flow from out of the womb of the earth; in Bharata, however, water is obtained from the clouds.
CHAPTER - 57
KRAUSTUKI said: - O Revered One, you have in detail described to me the Jambudwipa. This has been related by the revered one that leaving Bharata, actions that produce merit, or that lead to vice, do not exist anywhere else, it is from here that men attain heaven and salvation, both temporary and final; and in no other place on earth are works assigned to men; therefore O Brahman, describe this Bharata to me fully: -what are its divisions and what its limits, as also its exact position, and O thou tiger among the twice-born, tell me also what are its mountains. (1-4)
MARKANDEYA said: - Of this Bharata there are nine divisions, of which hear from me with attention. They are to be known as existing between oceans, and unapproachable from one another. (5) Indradwipa, Kasheruman, Stamrabarna, Gabhastiman, Nagadwipa, likewise Saumya, Gandharba, Baruna, and of them the ninth is this island surrounded by the ocean. This island is one thousand yojana in extent from south to north. (6-7)
This is the Bharatabarsha, which has countries on all its four quarters. (56-58) In the south, the west, and the east of it is the great ocean, while the Himalaya stands to the north of it like the string of a bow. (59) This is that Bharatabarsha, O thou excellent among twice-born persons, which contains the seed of all that exist. It is here, O Brahman, that according to the fruits of people's action the state of Brahman, of the lord of the immortals, of the gods, the state of Maruta similarly, and likewise the births of deer, beasts, Apsaras and of all reptiles, and that of the inanimate objects, are attainable. This is the field of Karma such as exists nowhere else. Oh thou wise among Brahmans, it is the heart's desire even of the gods to be deprived of their state as gods to come to earth as men
(born in Bharatabarsha). Man here does that which even the gods and the Asuras are not able to do. People here are bound by the chains of Karma, and are anxious to finish that Karma; they do no works moved by the least happiness. (60-64)
Chapter 106
50) The seven Rishis too, headed by Vashistha and Atri,
saying: "May good betide thee! may good betide thee!!" pleased him with the chanting of various hymns. (51) The Balakhilyas too, filled with delight, pleased the revolving Sun, by reciting the prime and most excellent Riks recorded in the Vedas: (52)