Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)
107 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Feb., 1960] SEVEN-SEA GIFT IN MATSYA PUR膧峁咥 啶呧ぐ啷嵿啶膏啶ムげ啶膏ぎ啷�啶 啶む 啶曕啶 啶� 啶掂た啶げ啷嬥う啶曕ぎ啷� 啷� [arkasthalasam墨pe tu k奴pa峁� ca vimalodakam | ] 209 啶膏お啷嵿い啶膏ぞ啶啶︵啶班啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶お啶� 啶︵啶班啶侧き啶 || ( 啶掂ぞ啶班ぞ啶灌ウ 啷оカ啷イ啷оォ )
[saptas膩mudraka峁� n膩ma dev膩n膩mapi durlabham || ( v膩r膩ha0 157|13 )
] i. e. near the holy spot called which is sacred to the
Sun-god, is the Well named Sapta-Samudraka which is difficult
of access even to the gods.
I then turned my enquiry to Prayaga. There we have
long known the Samudra Kupa at Pratishthana or Jhusi. It
is duly mentioned in the Matsya Pur膩峁嘺 as part of the Pray膩ga-
m膩h膩tmya :
啶啶班啶掂お啶距ぐ啷嵿ざ啷嵿さ啷� 啶む 啶椸啶椸ぞ啶ぞ啶膏啶む啶班た啶粪 啶侧啶曕啶粪 啶ぞ啶班い 啷�
啶曕啶 啶氞啶� 啶む 啶膏ぞ啶啶︵啶班 啶啶班い啶苦し啷嵿啶距え啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶多啶班啶むぎ啷� 啷� ( 啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く 啷� 啷оウ啷イ啷┼ウ )
[p奴rvap膩r艣ve tu ga峁僩膩y膩stri峁 loke峁 bh膩rata |
k奴pa峁� caiva tu s膩mudra峁� prati峁ａ弓h膩na峁� ca vi艣rutam || ( matsya 0 106|30 )
] The verse with some variation, but conveying additional
information, is also found in the of the Kurma
笔耻谤腻峁嘺:
啶啶班啶掂お啶距ぐ啷嵿ざ啷嵿さ啷� 啶む 啶椸啶椸ぞ啶ぞ啶膏啶む啶班啶侧啶曕啶 啶ぞ啶むた
啶呧さ啶熰 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏ぞ啶啶︵啶班 啶啶班い啶苦し啷嵿啶距え啶� 啶�
啶ぞ啶ㄠさ啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶多啶班啶むぎ啷� 啷�
( 啶曕啶班啶ウ 啶啶班啶掂ぞ啶班啶�, 啷┼キ啷むエ啷� )
[p奴rvap膩r艣ve tu ga峁僩膩y膩strailokye y膩ti
ava峁璦岣� 蝉补谤惫补蝉腻尘耻诲谤补岣� prati峁ａ弓h膩na峁� ca
m膩nava岣� |
vi艣rutam ||
( k奴rma0 p奴rv膩rdha, 37|22 )
] To the east of the conjoint stream of the Gang膩 and the
Yamun膩 after their confluence, towards modern Jhusi side (ancient
Pratishth膩na) a pilgrim finds himself at the spot called Trailokya,
and there the Sarva-Samudra Well is situated. Hr of the Matsya
is named 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏ぞ啶啶︵啶� [蝉补谤惫补蝉腻尘耻诲谤补 ] here, which should be the same as 啶膏お啷嵿い啶膏ぞ啶啶︵啶�, [蝉补辫迟补蝉腻尘耻诲谤补, ] and
it is probable that the latter may be found in some Mss. as a
variant reading for the former. The is the work of
one who was fully conversant with local topography as shown by
this and other references in it. At V膩r膩峁嘺s墨 which was one of the
biggest commercial cities on the Gang膩 and a starting point for
many a naval enterprise, there is a mohalla called Sapta S膩gara
where there are temples and wells named after the Seven Oceans.
I owe the information to my friend Shri Surya Narayan
Vyas that there is the Sapta-Samudra well at Ujjain also,
