Varaha Purana 145.81: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 81
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
गण्डक्याः कृष्णया चैव या कृष्णस्य तनूद्भवा ॥ तया सम्भेदमापन्ना या सा शिवतनूद्भवा
gaṇḍakyāḥ kṛṣṇayā caiva yā kṛṣṇasya tanūdbhavā | tayā sambhedam āpannā yā sā śiva-tanūdbhavā ||
कृष्णा नाम की नदी है जो कृष्ण के शरीर से निकली है। गंडकी नदी भी उसमें मिलती है। और एक नदी है जो शिव के शरीर से निकली है, वो भी वहाँ आ मिली है।
Varāha (default speaker framework)
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It preserves a Purāṇic model of sacred hydrography, linking rivers and confluences to mythic etiologies used in pilgrimage mapping.
A confluence involving the Gaṇḍakī and a river called Kṛṣṇā; precise modern identification is uncertain from this fragment alone and requires comparison with regional tīrtha lists.
Implicit valuation of river confluences as cultural-heritage landscapes, encouraging careful engagement with water-sites framed as purifying.
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