The descent of the rivers - Verse 1

Rudra said: Now listen to the descent of the rivers. From what is known as the ocean of the sky, starts the river of the sky. This river is always agitated by the elephant of Indra. (As a result) it falls at the top of Meru in eightyfour thousand streams. And flowing up to the foot of the Meru, it forms into four and follows 198 Varaha Puranc a clockwise direction for six thousand yojanas with the name. Slta, Alakananda, Gaksus and Bhadra. Among them the on. that reaches earth slashing eightyone thousand mountains is. known as Gaiiga.