Shloka 12

Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor

Devanagari script

स चापि वानरो देव्या कालिन्द्या वेगते हृतः नीतः शिवीति विख्याते देशं शुभजनावृतम्

Transliteration

sa cāpi vānaro devyā kālindyā vegate hṛtaḥ nītaḥ śivīti vikhyāte deśaṃ śubhajanāvṛtam

Translation

Sang kera itu pun terseret oleh derasnya arus Dewi Kālinḍī dan dibawa ke wilayah yang termasyhur bernama ‘Śivīti’, dipenuhi orang-orang saleh.

Speakers

• Narrator voice (continuing the account)

Primary Deities

• Kāliṇdī (Yamunā, river-goddess)
• Śiva (implied by the toponym Śivīti)

Key Themes

• Sacred river agency (river as devī)
• Toponymy and Śaiva sacralization of landscape
• Tīrtha geography through narrative movement

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why is Kāliṇdī called ‘devī’ here?

Purāṇas regularly personify major rivers as goddesses. Calling Kāliṇdī ‘devī’ signals her sacral status and frames the river’s current as an active, quasi-divine force shaping the story and the geography.

What is ‘Śivīti’—a person, a mantra, or a place?

Grammatically it is a place-name: ‘deśaṃ … śivīti vikhyāte’—“to a region known as Śivīti.” The name itself encodes Śiva-association, typical of Purāṇic sacred geography where locales are named from epithets, events, or divine presence.

Does this verse imply a specific tīrtha on the Yamunā?

It indicates a Yamunā-linked locale and a Śaiva-named region reached by the river’s flow. Pinpointing the exact historical/terrestrial identification would require the surrounding verses that describe landmarks, nearby forests, or ritual fruits (phalaśruti).