Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.7.10

yatrāśrama-padāny ubhayato nābhibhir drishac-cakraiś cakra-nadī nāma sarit-pravarā sarvatah pavitrī-karoti

SYNONYMS

yatra — where; āśrama-padāni — all hermitages; ubhayatah — both on top and below; nābhibhih — like the symbolic mark of a navel; drishat — visible; cakraih — with the circles; cakra-nadī — the Cakra-nadī River (generally known as the Gandakī); nāma — of the name; sarit-pravarā — the most important river of all; sarvatah — everywhere; pavitrī-karoti — sanctifies.

TRANSLATION

In Pulaha-āśrama is the Gandakī River, which is the best of all rivers. The śālagrāma-śilā, the marble pebbles, purify all those places. On each and every marble pebble, up and down, circles like navels are visible.

PURPORT

Śālagrāma-śilā refers to pebbles that appear like stones with circle; marked up and down. These are available in the river known as Gandakī-nadī. Wherever the waters of this river flow, the place becomes immediately sanctified.

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