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Shiva Purana

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गोदावरी भीमरथी तापीप्रमुखनिम्नगाः॥ गिरेर्विनिर्गता ऋक्षात्सद्यः पापभयापहाः ॥ ११॥

Godāvarī, Bhīmarathī, Tāpī, and other important rivers issue from the mountain Ṛkṣa. They dispel fear of sins immediately.

english translation

सह्यपादोद्भवा नद्यः कृष्णावेण्यादिकास्तथा ॥ कृतमाला ताम्रपर्णी प्रमुखा मलयोद्भवाः ॥ १२॥

The rivers Kṛṣṇā Veṇī and others issue from Sahya Kṛtamālā, Tāmraparṇī and others issue from Malaya.

english translation

त्रियामा चर्षिकुल्याद्या महेन्द्रप्रभवा स्मृताः ॥ ऋषिकुल्या कुमार्य्याद्याः शुक्तिमत्पादसंभवाः॥ १३॥

Triyāmā, Ṛṣikulyā and others issue from Mahendra. Ṛṣikulyā, Kumārī and others issue from Śuktimat.

english translation

नानाजनपदास्तेषु मंडलेषु वसन्ति वै ॥ आसां पिबंति पानीयं सरत्सु विविधेषु च॥ १४॥

Many territories, countries are situated in their basins. People drink from these rivers as well as from other lakes.

english translation

चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगान्यासन्महामुने ॥ कृतादीनि न चान्येषु द्वीपेषु प्रभवंति हि॥ १५॥

O great sage, all the four Yugās Kṛta and others are followed in Bhārata and not in the other Dvīpas.

english translation