The Geography of the Puranas c9.10

c9.10

This river (coming out of the Meru region) falls again on the east of Mandara. The same heavenly river after coming out from Aruṇoda Lake falls on the Sitānta mountain. It is then named Sita. It is obstructed by gardens and is further divided into several branches. From the peak of the Sitānta mountain it falls on the Mukuñja (or Kumuñja) mountain. The river then falls on the Sumuñja mountain. From that mountain it falls on the Mālyavān mountain and comes to the Vaikāṅga mountain. It passes from the Vaikāṅga mountain to the Manīśaila and then ultimately falls on the Ṛṣabha mountain, which is full of several caves. In this way this river passes through thousands of mountains and falls on the great Jaṭhara mountain; from there the river again falls on the Devakūṭa mountain. The lower part of this Devakūṭa is spreading up to the sea. In this way this river reaches the plains. The river passes through thousands of valleys, hundreds of mountains, strange forests and a variety of gardens and flows on after meeting hundreds of rivers. That great river crosses great dwipas and after irrigating Bhadravaṛṣa falls into the Eastern Sea.⁴