Text 19]
The Island of Jambūdvīpa
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bhāgā —Candrabhāgā;  marudvṛdhā —Marudvṛdhā;  vitastā —Vitastā;  asiknī —Asiknī;  viśvā —Viśvā;  iti —thus;  mahā-nadyaḥ —big rivers.
TRANSLATION
Two of the rivers—the Brahmaputra and the Śoṇa—are called nadas, or main rivers. These are other great rivers that are very prominent: Candravasā, Tāmraparṇī, Avaṭodā, Kṛtamālā, Vaihāyasī, Kāverī, Veṇī, Payasvinī, Śarkarāvartā, Tuṅgabhadrā, Kṛṣṇāveṇyā, Bhīmarathī, Godāvarī, Nirvindhyā, Payoṣṇī, Tāpī, Revā, Surasā, Narmadā, Carmaṇvatī, Mahānadī, Vedasmṛtī, Rṣikulyā, Trisāmā, Kauśikī, Mandākinī, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Dṛṣadvatī, Gomatī, Sarayū, Rodhasvatī, Saptavatī, Suṣomā, Śatadrū, Candrabhāgā, Marudvṛdhā, Vitastā, Asiknī and Viśvā. The inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa are purified because they always remember these rivers. Sometimes they chant the names of these rivers as mantras, and sometimes they go directly to the rivers to touch them and bathe in them. Thus the inhabitants of Bhārata-varṣa become purified.
PURPORT
All these rivers are transcendental. Therefore one can be purified by remembering them, touching them or bathing in them. This practice is still going on.
TEXT 19
अस्मिन्नेव वर्षे पुरुषैर्लब्धजन्मभिः शुक्लोहितकृष्णवर्णेन स्वारब्धेन कर्मणा दिन्यमानुषनारकगतयो बह्व्य आत्मन आनुपूर्त्येण सर्वा ह्येव सर्वेषां विधीयन्ते यथावर्णविधानमपवर्गश्चापि भवति ॥१९॥
asmin eva varṣe puruṣair labdha-janmabhiḥ śukla-lohita-kṛṣṇa-varṇena svārabdhena karmaṇā divya-mānuṣa-nāraka-gatayo bahvya ātmana ānupūrvyeṇa sarvā hy eva sarveṣāṁ vidhīyante yathā-varṇa-vidhānam apavargaś cāpi bhavati.
asmin eva varṣe —in this tract of land (Bhārata-varṣa);  puruṣaiḥ —by the people;  labdha-janmabhiḥ —who have taken birth;  śukla —of the