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Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 21

The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples

Devanagari script

मधुरा हाररावी च उशीरा धातुकी रसा गोमती धूतपापा च बाहुदा सदृषद्वती

Transliteration

madhurā hārarāvī ca uśīrā dhātukī rasā gomatī dhūtapāpā ca bāhudā sadṛṣadvatī

Translation

मधुरा, हाररावी, उशीरा, धातुकी, रसा, गोमती, धूतपापा, बाहुदा आणि सदृषद्वती—या नद्या येथे कीर्तिल्या आहेत.

Word by Word

मधुराMadhurā (river name)

हाररावीHārarāvī (river name)

चand

उशीराUśīrā (river name)

धातुकीDhātukī (river name)

रसाRasā (river name)

गोमतीGomatī (river name)

धूतपापाDhūtapāpā (she whose sins are washed away; river name)

चand

बाहुदाBāhudā (river name)

सदृषद्वतीSadṛṣadvatī (river name)

Speakers

Pulastya to Nārada (standard frame; not explicit in input)

Key Themes

Sacred GeographyTirtha-MahatmyaPurification (pāpa-kṣaya) via sacred waters

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Rivers are presented not merely as physical geography but as moral-spiritual resources—especially signaled by names like Dhūtapāpā (‘washer of sin’), encouraging purity of conduct alongside ritual purification.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

It is part of the purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya function (supporting dharma through place-based sanctity), outside the strict five-lakṣaṇa framework.

What is the symbolic significance?

The semantic content of several names (e.g., Madhurā ‘sweet’, Bāhudā ‘abundant-giver’, Dhūtapāpā ‘sin-cleansing’) encodes a theology of nature: the landscape is read as ethically meaningful and spiritually efficacious.