Shloka 123
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
महानदी चर्मराशेरुत्क्लेदात् ससृजे यतः । ततकश्चर्मण्वतीत्येवं विख्याता सा महानदी,“वहाँ भीगी चर्मराशिसे जो जल बहता था, उससे एक विशाल नदी प्रकट हो गयी, जो चर्मण्वती (चम्बल) के नामसे विख्यात हुई
mahānadī carmarāśer utkle dāt sasṛje yataḥ | tatakaś carmaṇvatīty evaṁ vikhyātā sā mahānadī ||
ત્યાં ભીંજાયેલી ચર્મરાશિમાંથી જે ભેજરસ વહેતો નીકળ્યો, તેમાંથી એક મહાપ્રવાહ પ્રગટ થયો; તેથી તે મહાનદી ‘ચર્મણ્વતી’ (ચંબલ) નામે વિખ્યાત થઈ.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links moral causality with the world’s fabric: cruelty, pollution, or unethical practices can generate long-lasting consequences, even shaping how places are remembered and named. It functions as an ethical caution embedded in sacred geography.
Vāyudeva explains an origin-story (etiology) for the river Carmaṇvatī: moisture seeping from a pile of hides gave rise to a large river, which became famous by that very association and name.