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

ആ വാനരനും ദേവിയായ കാലിന്ദിയുടെ പ്രവാഹവേഗത്തിൽ ഒഴുകിപ്പോയി, ‘ശിവീതി’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ, ശുഭജനങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ ദേശത്തിലേക്ക് കൊണ്ടുപോകപ്പെട്ടു.

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).