Varaha Purana 85.2: Adhyaya 85, Shloka 2

The Ninefold Division of Bhārata and the Enumeration of Its Mountains and River Systems

Translation

娑那河（Śoṇā）、光车河（Jyotīrathā）、那摩陀河（Narmadā）、苏罗娑（Surasā）、曼陀吉尼（Mandākinī）、达沙尔那（Daśārṇā）、质多罗拘吒（Citrakūṭā）、昏暗河（Tamasā）、毕波罗（Pippalā）、迦罗托耶（Karatoyā）、毗舍遮迦（Piśācikā）、质多罗乌钵罗（Citrotpalā）、毗舍罗（Viśālā）、万珠罗（Vaṅjulā）、婆卢迦（Bālukā）、婆醯尼（Vāhinī）、舒克提摩底（Śuktimatī）、毗罗阇（Virajā）、旁吉尼（Paṅkinī）、里里（Rirī）与库呼（Kuhū）——此等皆由梨叉山（Ṛkṣa）所生。摩尼网河（Maṇijālā）、吉祥河（Śubhā）、塔毗河（Tāpī）、乳暖河（Payoṣṇī）、疾流河（Śīghrodā）、韦什那（Veṣṇā）、帕沙（Pāśā）、吠多罗尼（Vaitaraṇī）、吠提（Vedī）、帕利（Pālī）、拘牟陀伐底（Kumudvatī）、托耶（Toyā）、难行河（Durgā）、安底耶（Antyā）与吉罗（Girā）——此等皆出自温提耶（Vindhya）之足。瞿陀婆利（Godāvarī）、毗摩罗提（Bhīmarathī）、黑河（Kṛṣṇā）、韦那（Veṇā）、万珠罗（Vaṅjulā）、通伽婆陀罗（Tuṅgabhadrā）、善合河（Suprayogā）、婆醯耶（Vāhyā）与迦维利（Kāverī）——此等皆出自萨诃耶（Sahya）之足。

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