Varaha Purana 81.57: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 57
Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa
तथा कनकमन्दा मन्दा चेति नामभिः सरितः।
tathā kanakamandā mandā ceti nāmabhiḥ saritaḥ.
वहाँ दो और नदियाँ भी हैं। एक का नाम कनकमंदा है, दूसरी का नाम मंदा है।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves river toponyms, supporting research into Purāṇic place-name traditions and the cultural geography encoded in hydronyms.
Rivers named Kanakamandā and Mandā; the excerpt does not provide enough detail for modern geographic correlation.
No explicit ethical instruction; the verse functions as a catalog of waterways within the described region.
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