Varaha Purana 81.56: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 56
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तत्र च मन्दाकिनी नाम नदी।
tatra ca mandākinī nāma nadī.
वहाँ मंदाकिनी नाम की नदी है। यह वहाँ से गुज़रती है।
Varāha
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It contributes to the Purāṇic mapping of rivers, which often function as cultural-heritage markers and organizing features of sacred geography.
A river called Mandākinī; multiple rivers bear this name in Sanskrit literature, and this excerpt alone does not fix a modern identification.
Implicitly, rivers are treated as noteworthy features of the landscape; no explicit moral directive is stated in this line.
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