rrishikulya bharat ki ek nadi, jisaka ullekh puranoan adi mean hua hai-
'rrishikulyaan samasady vasishthan chaiv bharat'; 'rrishikulyaan samasady nar: snatva vikalmash:.'[1]
- mahabharat ke uparokt prasang mean himalay ke tirthoan ka varnan hai. rrishikulya nadi ko yahaan bhrigutuang ke nikat pravahit hone vali sarita bataya gaya hai.[2] bhrigutuang kedaranath ke nikat tuanganath hai.
- anuman hai ki rrishikulya gadhaval ke paha doan mean bahane vali rrishiganga hai.
- bhishm parv[3]mean bhi rrishikulya ka ullekh hai-
'kumari mrishikulyaan ch marishaan ch sarasvatimh.'
- dakshini u disa-kaliang ki ek nadi, jo viandhyachal ke poorvi bhag ki paha diyoan se nikal kar bangal ki kha di mean girati hai. shrimadbhagavat mean isaka ullekh hai-
'mahanadi vedasmritirrishikulya trisamakaushiki.[4]
- vishnu puran[5] mean rrishikulya ko shuktiman parvat se nikalane vali nadi kaha gaya hai-
'rrishikulya kumaradya: shuktimatpadasanbhava:.'
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ mahabharat, vanaparv, 84-48-49
- ↑ van parv 84, 50
- ↑ bhishm parv 9, 36
- ↑ shrimadbhagavat 5, 19,18
- ↑ vishnu puran 2,3,14