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The description of Plakfa and other continents - Verse 8

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 49 · Verse 8

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Sanskrit Original

ऊर्जस्तम्भस्तथा प्राणो दान्तो ऽथ वृषभस्तथा। तिमिरश्चार्वरीवांश्च सप्त सप्तर्षयो ऽभवन।।

ūrjastambhastathā prāṇo dānto 'tha vṛṣabhastathā| timiraścārvarīvāṃśca sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan||

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There are no persons committing sins in any way. The rivers in those sub-continents are seven and they fall into the sea. In them the Brahmanical sages always worship Pitamaha (God Brahma). The well-known names of these rivers are Anutapta, Sikha, Vipapa, Tridiva, Krta, Amrta and Sukrta. There are many well-known small rivers and many lakes as well.