Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 55, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi
अरुणोदं सरः पूर्वं मानसं दक्षिणे तथा ।
शीतोदं पश्चिमे मेरोर् महाभद्रं तथोत्तरे ॥
aruṇodaṁ saraḥ pūrvaṁ mānasaṁ dakṣiṇe tathā | śītodaṁ paścime meror mahābhadraṁ tathottare ||
पूर्व में ‘अरुणोद’ सरोवर है; दक्षिण में उसी प्रकार ‘मानसा’; मेरु के पश्चिम में ‘शीतोद’; और उत्तर में उसी प्रकार ‘महाभद्र’ सरोवर है।
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FAQs
Lakes signify sustenance and clarity; the mapped presence of ‘waters’ in every direction hints that nourishment (physical and contemplative) should be sought in a balanced, all-sided way.
Sthāna: cataloguing sacred hydrography around Meru.
The four lakes can symbolize four ‘reservoirs’ of inner purity—cooling, stabilizing forces that surround the central axis (Meru) of awakened awareness.