Vamana Purana — Structure of Jambudvipa, Shloka 31
The Structure of Jambudvipa: Nine Varshas, Navadvipa Bharata, Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
दुग्धोदा नलिनी रेव वारिसेना कलस्वना एतास्त्वपि महानद्यः सह्यपादविनिर्गताः
dugdhodā nalinī reva vārisenā kalasvanā etāstvapi mahānadyaḥ sahyapādavinirgatāḥ
दुग्धोदा नलिनी रेवाऽपि वारिसेना कलस्वना च—एताः अपि महानद्यः सह्यपादविनिर्गताः।
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FAQs
The verse sacralizes the natural landscape: rivers are presented as ‘great’ and worthy of reverence, supporting the Purāṇic ethic that purity, pilgrimage, and gratitude toward life-sustaining waters are dhārmic duties.
Primarily within ‘Bhūmi/Deśa-varṇana’ (a common Purāṇic sub-genre often grouped under sarga-related cosmography/geography rather than dynastic history). It functions as tīrtha-oriented geographical enumeration.
Rivers ‘issuing from’ a mountain symbolize dharma flowing from a stable source: the Sahya stands for firmness; the rivers represent disseminated purity and merit (puṇya) available to the world through sacred geography.