Adhyaya 59 — Markandeya and Vishnu
तस्मिन् कुलाचलौ वर्षे तन्मध्ये च महानदी ।
भद्रसोमा प्रयात्युर्व्यां पुण्यामलजलौघिनी ॥
tasmin kulācalau varṣe tanmadhye ca mahānadī | bhadrasomā prayāty urvyāṃ puṇyāmala-jalaughinī ||
اس ورش میں، ان سرحدی پہاڑوں کے درمیان اور عین وسط میں، زمین پر ایک عظیم دریا بہتا ہے—بھدرسوما—جو مقدس اور پاکیزہ پانی کی دھارائیں لیے ہوئے ہے۔
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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.