Shloka 12
सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः
एते शैलास् तथा नद्यः प्रधानाः कथितास् तव क्षुद्रनद्यस् तथा शैलास् तत्र सन्ति सहस्रशः ताः पिबन्ति सदा हृष्टा नदीर् जनपदास् तु ते
ete śailās tathā nadyaḥ pradhānāḥ kathitās tava kṣudranadyas tathā śailās tatra santi sahasraśaḥ tāḥ pibanti sadā hṛṣṭā nadīr janapadās tu te
এই প্রধান পর্বত ও মহান নদীগুলি তোমাকে বলা হলো। কিন্তু সেখানে সহস্র সহস্র ক্ষুদ্র নদী ও ক্ষুদ্র পর্বতও আছে; সেই নদীগুলির জল পান করে জনপদসমূহ সদা আনন্দিত থাকে।
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
They are not merely scenery: they are the structured supports of life in Jambudvipa, showing an ordered world where waters nourish peoples and realms.
He distinguishes the major, named features from countless minor rivers and ranges, emphasizing both comprehensiveness and the vastness of the created order.
Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana frames the world’s sustaining systems—like life-giving rivers—as expressions of the Supreme Sustainer’s governance and order.