Shloka 17
Uttarā-diśā Māhātmya — Suparṇa’s Praise of the Northern Quarter
Suparṇa–Gālava Saṃvāda
अन्र नित्यं स्रवन्तीनां प्रभव: सागरोदय: । अत्र लोकत्रयस्यापस्तिष्ठन्ति वरुणालये
atra nityaṁ sravantīnāṁ prabhavaḥ sāgarodayaḥ | atra lokatrayasyāpas tiṣṭhanti varuṇālaye ||
यहीं सदा प्रवाहित रहने वाली नदियों का उद्गम है, जिनके जल से समुद्र निरन्तर परिपूर्ण होता रहता है। यहीं वरुणालय में त्रिलोकी के लिए उपयोगी जलराशि संचित रहती है।
युपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a vision of cosmic order: waters circulate under divine governance (Varuṇa), sustaining all realms. It implies an ethical reverence for natural systems as part of ṛta (right order) that supports life.
Yuparṇa points to a particular sacred direction/place as the source-region of many rivers whose waters continually fill the ocean, and identifies it as Varuṇa’s abode where the life-sustaining waters for the three worlds are stored.