Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 59, 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 ||
Sa varṣa na iyon, sa gitna ng mga bundok na hanggahan, at sa pinakasentro nito, may isang dakilang ilog na dumadaloy sa lupa—ang Bhadrasomā—na nagdadala ng mga sagradong batis ng dalisay na tubig.
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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.