Varaha Purana 214.45: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 45
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
गोदावरी च वेणी च तापी च सरिदुत्तमा ॥ करतोया स शीता च तथा चीरवती नदी ॥
godāvarī ca veṇī ca tāpī ca sariduttamā || karatoyā sā śītā ca tathā cīravatī nadī ||
गोदावरी, वेणी और तापी, यह बड़ी अच्छी नदियाँ हैं। करतोया, सीता और चीरवती नदी भी हैं।
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It documents a multi-regional set of river names, indicating wide geographic imagination and pilgrimage networks in Purāṇic literature.
Godāvarī and Tāpī are major peninsular rivers (Deccan and west-central India respectively); Karatoyā is often associated with a river in eastern South Asia (historically noted in Bengal/Assam-related traditions), though identifications vary by source.
The framing of rivers as ‘excellent’ supports a conservation-minded valuation of waterways as life-sustaining and culturally protected.
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