Shloka 32
Yuga-Lakṣaṇa and Varṣa-Pramāṇa Inquiry (युगलक्षण–वर्षप्रमाण–प्रश्न)
सुकुमारी कुमारी च शीताशी वेणिका तथा । महानदी च कौरव्य तथा मणिजला नदी,कुरुनन्दन! भरतश्रेष्ठ! उस द्वीपमें सुकुमारी, कुमारी, शीताशी, वेणिका, महानदी, मणिजला तथा चक्षुर्वर्धनिका आदि पवित्र जलवाली नदियाँ बहती हैं
sañjaya uvāca | sukumārī kumārī ca śītāśī veṇikā tathā | mahānadī ca kauravya tathā maṇijalā nadī, kurunandana! bharataśreṣṭha! asmin dvīpe sukumārī, kumārī, śītāśī, veṇikā, mahānadī, maṇijalā tathā cakṣurvardhanikādayaḥ pavitrajalavāhinyo nadyo vahanti |
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ കൗരവ്യാ! ആ ദ്വീപിൽ സുകുമാരി, കുമാരി, ശീതാശി, വേണിക, മഹാനദി, മണിജലാ എന്നീ പുണ്യജല നദികൾ ഒഴുകുന്നു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the idea of sacred order in the world through the motif of pure rivers. Even within a war-centered parva, the text recalls landscapes associated with purity and merit, implicitly affirming dharmic values such as sanctity, auspiciousness, and the moral significance attached to tīrtha-like waters.
Sanjaya is describing a particular dvīpa (landmass/island) and enumerating the holy rivers that flow there—Sukumārī, Kumārī, Śītāśī, Veṇikā, Mahānadī, Maṇijalā, and others like Cakṣurvardhanikā—using honorific addresses to the listener from the Kuru-Bharata line.