Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 32
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
कृतमाला ताम्रर्णी वढ्जुला चोत्पलावती सिनी चैव सुदामा च शुक्तिमत्प्रभवास्त्विमाः
kṛtamālā tāmrarṇī vaḍhjulā cotpalāvatī sinī caiva sudāmā ca śuktimatprabhavāstvimāḥ
കൃതമാലാ, താമ്രർണീ, വഢ്ജുലാ, ഉത്പലാവതീ; കൂടാതെ സിനീ, സുദാമാ—ഇവയെല്ലാം ശുക്തിമത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതായി പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
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FAQs
By tracing rivers to named sources, the text encourages a pilgrim’s ‘map of merit’: knowing origins and names is part of honoring sacred waters and approaching tīrthas with awareness rather than as mere physical travel.
Falls under cosmographical/geographical description (deśa-varṇana), adjacent to sarga-type material in many Purāṇic classifications, and serves the tīrtha-mahātmya program rather than vamśa history.
Names like Utpalāvatī (‘lotus-rich’) and Tāmrarṇī (‘copper-hued’) encode auspicious qualities; the landscape is read as value-laden—beauty, fertility, and purity become signs of sacred presence.