Shloka 23
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
तस्मिन् कुलाचलौ वर्षे तन्मध्ये च महानदी ।
भद्रसोमा प्रयात्युर्व्यां पुण्यामलजलौघिनी ॥
tasmin kulācalau varṣe tanmadhye ca mahānadī | bhadrasomā prayāty urvyāṃ puṇyāmala-jalaughinī ||
तस्मिन् वर्षे तेषु मर्यादापर्वतेषु, तस्यैव मध्ये, महती नदी भूमौ प्रवहति—भद्रसोमा—पुण्यैः शुचिभिः सलिलधाराभिः युक्ता।
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FAQs
Rivers are portrayed as intrinsically purifying and auspicious; the cosmographic center is also a moral center—purity and merit are mapped onto the landscape.
Cosmography is typically grouped under creation-topics (sarga/pratisarga) and functions as the 'world-setting' that supports later discussions of dharma, lineage, and time-cycles.
A central river often symbolizes the central channel of order and vitality; 'pure flow' evokes the ideal of an untainted current of consciousness and dharma through the world.