Sarid-dvīpa

Sarid-dvīpa · sarit-dvīpa, “the river island”

Sarid-dvīpa is an island named in the account of the seven vyādhas (hunters). In the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Sumantu tells Śatānīka what Brahmā once said to the ṛshis about jāti (birth). Brahmā recalls the account that Manu told long ago, saying that one who hears it should give up the standing that comes from birth.

On a mountain in the Daśārṇa country seven vyādhas passed their time, living like beasts. In Sarid-dvīpa cakravāka birds passed their time to the end; in the Mānasa lake, haṃsas; and in Kurukshetra, brāhmaṇas who were masters of the Veda. At the end of their long journey, Brahmā asks, who can know where all of these are? So, he says, no brāhmaṇya can be seen in the living being as such.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 40

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 40