Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 30
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
गोदावरी भीमरथी कृष्णा वेणा सरस्वती तुङ्गभद्रा सुप्रयोगा वाह्या कावेरिरेव च
godāvarī bhīmarathī kṛṣṇā veṇā sarasvatī tuṅgabhadrā suprayogā vāhyā kāverireva ca
ಗೋದಾವರೀ, ಭೀಮರಥೀ, ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ, ವೇಣಾ, ಸರಸ್ವತೀ; ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ, ಸುಪ್ರಯೋಗಾ, ವಾಹ್ಯಾ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾವೇರೀ—ಇವು ಪುಣ್ಯ ನದಿಗಳೆಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ।
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FAQs
By naming rivers across regions, the text universalizes dharma: sacred practice is portable and inclusive, encouraging reverence for waterways as sources of life and ritual purity.
This is tīrtha-oriented descriptive material embedded in Purāṇic narration; it does not directly constitute sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa, but functions as dharma-upadeśa through geography.
Rivers like Sarasvatī carry a dual symbolism—physical river and divine speech/knowledge—implying that pilgrimage and learning are parallel paths of purification.