Sapta-purīs
Sapta-purī · sapta-purī, “the seven cities”
The Sapta-purīs are the seven cities. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa names them once, in the account of the Śukla line: after the destruction of the Sapta-purīs, the disciples of the brāhmaṇa Kāśyapa lived in Brahmāvarta, between the rivers Sarasvatī and Dṛshadvatī.
In the account of the Śukla line
The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells, in Sūta’s words, that when Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa had completed his līlā and gone to his supreme abode, Kaliyuga arrived. When the first thousand years of Kali had passed, Devarāṭ Mahendra sent a brāhmaṇa named Kāśyapa to excellent Brahmāvarta. Āryāvatī, a deva-śakti, married him, and ten sons were born of her. Kāśyapa then went to the land of Misra, brought ten thousand mlecchas born there under his control, came back to his own place and made them his disciples. After the destruction of the Sapta-purīs, they lived in excellent Brahmāvarta, between the rivers Sarasvatī and Dṛshadvatī.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 3
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 3