Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 29
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
तोया चैव महागैरी दुर्गन्धा वाशिलाः तथा विन्ध्यपादप्रसूताश्च नद्यः पुण्यजलाः शुभाः
toyā caiva mahāgairī durgandhā vāśilāḥ tathā vindhyapādaprasūtāśca nadyaḥ puṇyajalāḥ śubhāḥ
Und die Flüsse Toyā, Mahāgairī, Durgandhā sowie Vāśilā — diese Flüsse, aus den Füßen des Vindhya-Gebirges hervorgegangen, besitzen heiliges Wasser und sind glückverheißend.
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FAQs
Holiness is not restricted to a single shrine or sectarian center; the Purāṇic vision distributes sanctity across the land, encouraging pilgrimage, gratitude toward nature, and the disciplined use of sacred waters in rites.
As a tīrtha-list, it is ancillary Purāṇic material. It supports dharma-pravṛtti (practice of religious life) rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dynastic history (vaṃśa).
“Born from the feet of Vindhya” personifies the mountain as a cosmic body. The landscape becomes anthropomorphic and worthy of reverence, integrating ecology into sacred order.