Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 7: The Activities of King Bharata. Text 10

यत्राश्रमपदान्युभयतोनाभिभिर्दृषच्चक्रैश्चक्रनदी नाम सरित्प्रवरा सर्वतः पवित्री
करोति ॥१०॥

yatrÄÅ›rama-padÄny ubhayato nÄbhibhir dṛṣac-cakraiÅ› cakra-nadÄ« nÄma sarit-pravarÄ sarvataḥ pavitrÄ«-karoti

 yatra - where; ÄÅ›rama-padÄni - all hermitages; ubhayataḥ - both on top and below; nÄbhibhiḥ - like the symbolic mark of a navel; dṛṣat - visible; cakraiḥ - with the circles; cakra-nadÄ« - the Cakra-nadÄ« River (generally known as the Gaṇá¸akÄ«); nÄma - of the name; sarit-pravarÄ - the most important river of all; sarvataḥ - everywhere; pavitrÄ«-karoti - sanctifies.


Text

In Pulaha-ÄÅ›rama is the Gaṇá¸akÄ« River, which is the best of all rivers. The Å›ÄlagrÄma-Å›ilÄ, the marble pebbles, purify all those places. On each and every marble pebble, up and down, circles like navels are visible.

Purport

ÅšÄlagrÄma-Å›ilÄ refers to pebbles that appear like stones with circles marked up and down. These are available in the river known as Gaṇá¸akÄ«-nadÄ«. Wherever the waters of this river flow, the place becomes immediately sanctified.