Varaha Purana 83.6: Adhyaya 83, Shloka 6
Description of the Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla Regions: Niṣadha’s Western Janapadas and River Systems
तद्यथा सौरग्रामात्तसांतपो कृतसुराश्रवण कम्बलमाहेयाचलकूटवासमूलतपक्रौञ्चकृष्णाङ्गमणिपङ्कजचूडमलसोमीयसमुद्रान्तक कुरकुञ्चसुवर्णः तटकुह श्वेताङ्गकृष्णपाटविदकपिलकर्णिकमहिषकुब्जकरनाटमहोट्कटशुकनासगजभूमककुरञ्जन मनाहकिकिङ्किसपार्णभौमकचोरकधूमजन्म अङ्गारजातिवनजीवलौकिलवाचां सहाङ्गमधुरेयशुकेचकेयश्रवणमत्त कासिकगोदावामकुलपञ्जावर्ज्जहमोदशालक एते जनपदास्तत्पर्वतोत्था नदीः पिबन्ति।
tad yathā sauragrāmāttasāṁtapo kṛtasurāśravaṇa kambalamāheyācalakūṭavāsamūlatapakrauñcakṛṣṇāṅgamaṇipaṅkajacūḍamalasomīyasamudrāntaka kurakuñcasuvarṇaḥ taṭakuha śvetāṅgakṛṣṇapāṭavidakapilakarṇikamahiṣakubjakaranāṭamahotkaṭaśukanāsagajabhūmakakurañjana manāhakikiṅkisapārṇabhaumakachorakadhūmajanma aṅgārajātivanajīvalaukilavācāṁ sahāṅgamadhureyaśukecake yaśravaṇamatta kāsikagodāvāmakulapañjāvarjjahamodaśālaka ete janapadās tat-parvatotthā nadīḥ pibanti
ຄື: ສໍຣະຄຣາມ, ອັດຕະສາງຕະປະ, ກຣິຕະສຸຣາສຣະວະນະ, ກັມບະລະ, ມາເຫຍະ, ອະຈະລະກູດະວາສະ, ມູລະຕະປະ, ກຣອັນຈະ, ກຣິດສະນາງຄະມະນິ, ປັງກະຊະຈູດະ, ມະລະໂສມີຍະ, ສະມຸດຣານຕະກະ, ກຸຣະກຸນຈະ, ສຸວັນນະ, ຕະຕະກຸຫະ, ເສວຕາງຄະ, ກຣິດສະນະປາຏະ, ວິດະກະ, ກະປິລະກັນນິກະ, ມະຫິສະກຸບຊະ, ກັນນາຏະ, ມະໂຫດກະຏະ, ສຸກະນາສະ, ກະຊະພູມະກະ, ກຸຣັນຈະນະ, ມະນາຫະກະ, ກິງກິສະ, ປານ, ພະອຸມະກະ, ໂຈຣະກະ, ທູມະຊະນມະ, ອັງກາຣະຊາຕິ, ວະນະຊີວະ, ເລາກິລະວາຈາງ, ສະຫາງຄະ, ມະທຸເຣຍະ, ສຸເກຈະເກ, ຢະສຣະວະນະມັດຕະ, ກາສິກະ, ໂກດາວາມະ, ກຸລະປັນຊາ, ວັຣຊະຊະຫະ, ໂມດະຊາລະກະ—ແຄວ້ນແດນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ດື່ມນ້ຳແຫ່ງແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ເກີດຈາກພູເຂົາເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ.
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FAQs
Long toponym lists are crucial for philological cataloguing and for comparing how different Purāṇas preserve, transform, or regionalize place-name traditions.
The verse lists many janapada names in a cosmographic register; most are not securely identifiable with modern locations without cross-textual comparison and regional epigraphic/vernacular evidence.
Implicitly, it frames river-systems as foundational to habitation and cultural identity—an archival cue for environmental and settlement-history themes rather than a prescriptive ethic.
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