Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
गोदावरी भीमरथा कृष्णा वेण्याऽथापरा ।
तुंगभद्रा सुप्रयोगा वाह्या कावेरी तथापगा ॥
godāvarī bhīmarathā kṛṣṇā veṇyā tathāparā /
tuṅgabhadrā suprayogā vāhyā kāvery athāpagā //
गोदावरी, भीमरथा, कृष्णा और वेण्या; तथा तुङ्गभद्रा, सुप्रयोगा, वाह्या और कावेरी—ये पवित्र नदियाँ प्रवाहित होती हुई स्मरण की गई हैं।
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FAQs
The passage functions as a sacral map: naming rivers acknowledges them as life-giving mothers and as loci of purification, encouraging reverence for natural waters and pilgrimage ethics.
Primarily aligns with Vaṁśānucarita/Prakṛti-geography adjunct material rather than the core five; it is a Purāṇic geographical catalogue supporting dharma through tīrtha and deśa awareness.
Rivers are presented as purifying currents: symbolically, they represent the downward flow of grace (apagā) that carries away impurity and connects mountains, lands, and ocean—an image of continuity from source to dissolution.