Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 30
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
गोदावरी भीमरथी कृष्णा वेणा सरस्वती तुङ्गभद्रा सुप्रयोगा वाह्या कावेरिरेव च
godāvarī bhīmarathī kṛṣṇā veṇā sarasvatī tuṅgabhadrā suprayogā vāhyā kāverireva ca
गोदावरी, भीमरथी, कृष्णा, वेणा, सरस्वती; तुङ्गभद्रा, सुप्रयोगा, वाह्या आणि कावेरी—या पवित्र नद्या आहेत।
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FAQs
By naming rivers across regions, the text universalizes dharma: sacred practice is portable and inclusive, encouraging reverence for waterways as sources of life and ritual purity.
This is tīrtha-oriented descriptive material embedded in Purāṇic narration; it does not directly constitute sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa, but functions as dharma-upadeśa through geography.
Rivers like Sarasvatī carry a dual symbolism—physical river and divine speech/knowledge—implying that pilgrimage and learning are parallel paths of purification.