Adhyaya 129: The Sacred Confluence of the Phena and Gautami: Indra, Mahāśani, and the Birth of Abjaka–Vṛṣākapi

Adhyāya 129 presents a sacral-geographical and mythic charter for a cluster of tīrthas on the Gautamī (Godāvarī) associated with Indra’s humiliation, recovery, and renewed sovereignty. Brahmā first id