Pushkaras (People of Krauñca Dvīpa)
Pushkara
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The Pushkaras are a blessed people of Krauñca Dvīpa, one of the seven dvīpas of the earth. With the Pushkalas they move about together with the hosts of devas, and they worship Janārdana in the form of Rudra in yajña through dhyāna-yoga (the yoga of meditation). They are not the persons named Pushkara, nor the tīrtha Pushkara.
In Krauñca Dvīpa
Lomaharshaṇa, describing the dvīpas beyond Jambūdvīpa to the munis, tells of Krauñca Dvīpa. It is twice as large as Kuśa Dvīpa, ruled by the seven sons of Dyutimān, with seven lovely varsha mountains and seven chief rivers, and the four varṇas live there. There the Pushkaras and the Pushkalas, blessed, move about together with the devagaṇas. There Janārdana in the form of Rudra is worshipped in yajña by the Pushkaras and others through dhyāna-yoga. The dvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of cream.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20