Varaha Purana 82.8: Adhyaya 82, Shloka 8
The Descent of the Rivers: The Sky-Gaṅgā and Her Fourfold Division
षष्टिं च योजनसहस्रं निरालम्बा पतमाना प्रदक्षिणमनुसरन्ती चतुर्द्धा जगाम।
ṣaṣṭiṃ ca yojanasahasraṃ nirālambā patamānā pradakṣiṇam anusaranti caturddhā jagāma.
یہ ساٹھ ہزار یوجن تک پھیلی ہوئی ہے؛ بےسہار ا نیچے گرتی ہوئی اور پرَدَکْشِن (دَکْشِناوَرت) راستے کی پیروی کرتی ہوئی، وہ چار دھاراؤں میں آگے بڑھی۔
Varāha
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It reflects Purāṇic cosmography, using standardized distance units (yojana) and schematic hydrology to describe the world’s sacred-geographical structure.
No single modern location is specified; the verse uses a cosmographic framework describing a river or flow dividing into four streams.
Implicitly, it frames rivers and natural flows as ordered features of the world, supporting a cultural-heritage view of landscapes as structured and worthy of careful description.
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