Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 57, Shloka 34
Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
सह्यस्य चोत्तरे या तु यत्र गोदावरी नदी ।
पृथिव्यामपि कृतस्त्रायां स प्रदेशो मनोरमः ॥
sahyasya cottare yā tu yatra godāvarī nadī /
pṛthivyām api kṛtastrāyāṃ sa pradeśo manoramaḥ //
सह्य पर्वत के उत्तर में जहाँ गोदावरी नदी है, वह प्रदेश अत्यन्त रमणीय है—मानो पृथ्वी पर सुगढ़ रूप से रचा हुआ भूभाग।
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FAQs
A dhārmic geography is also aesthetic: fertile river-regions are praised as gifts to be protected and inhabited with righteous conduct.
Deśa-varṇana (regional description), not a direct pancalakṣaṇa element.
The ‘delightful region’ near a great river can symbolize the inner country of sattva—where the life-current (prāṇa, like a river) is steady and nourishing.