Shloka 9
Adhyaya 56 — The Descent and Fourfold Course of the Ganga; Jambudvipa’s Varshas and Their Conditions
आसाद्य शैलराजानं रम्यं हि शिखरन्तथा ।
तस्माच्च पर्वतान् सर्वान् दक्षिणोपक्रमोदितान् ॥
āsādya śailarājānaṃ ramyaṃ hi śikharantathā /
tasmācca parvatān sarvān dakṣiṇopakramoditān
மலைகளின் அரசனையும் அவனது அழகிய சிகரத்தையும் அடைந்து, அவள் அங்கிருந்து தெற்கு வரிசையில் கூறப்பட்ட எல்லா மலைகளையும் கடந்து சென்றாள்.
FAQs
The sacred is portrayed as structured and traversable: spiritual geography is ordered (krama), encouraging a worldview where cosmos and dharma are intelligible rather than chaotic.
Sthāna: enumeration/ordering of mountains and routes.
The ‘southern progression’ can symbolize descent into denser experience; the river’s continued purity implies that sanctity can persist through all gradations of manifestation.