Shloka 66
सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः
अन्यास् त्व् अयुतशस् तत्र क्षुद्रनद्यो महामुने महीधरास् तथा सन्ति शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
anyās tv ayutaśas tatra kṣudranadyo mahāmune mahīdharās tathā santi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
O great sage, besides these there are tens of thousands of lesser rivers there; and likewise mountains that uphold the earth—by the hundreds, indeed by the thousands.
Sage Parāśara
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Description of the dvīpas/varṣas—rivers and mountains sustaining the realm
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Cosmic Hierarchy: Dvipas
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
It emphasizes the vastness and ordered completeness of the created world, portraying nature as structured within a divinely governed cosmic geography rather than as random terrain.
Parāśara continues a catalog-style description of earth’s features, indicating that beyond the major named rivers and ranges there are innumerable minor rivers and many mountains, expanding the scope of the geographic account.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the Purana’s frame treats the world’s multiplicity and stability—rivers flowing and mountains ‘bearing’ the earth—as signs of the Supreme’s sustaining sovereignty.