शोण नदी
shon nadi vartaman son nadi, jo patana (bihar) ke nikat ganga mean milati hai. yah nadi narmada ke udgam se char-paanch mil door goandavana parvat shreni (shonabhadr) se nikalati hai aur prayah 600 mil ka marg tay karake ganga mean gir jati hai. is nadi ko 'mahashona' tatha 'hiranyavah' bhi kaha gaya hai.[1]
- mahakavi banabhatt ne 'harshacharit'[2] mean apana janm sthan shon tatha ganga ke sangam ke nikat 'pritikoot' namak gram bataya gaya hai.
- apani poorvaja pauranik devi sarasvati ke mrityulok mean avatirn hone ke sthan ko shon ke nikat varnit karate hue ban ne shon ko dandakarany aur viandhy se udgat nadi mana hai aur isaka udbhav chandraparvat bataya hai. isi chandr ka paryay som hai aur yahi narmada ka udbhav hai. kyoank sahity mean narmada ko 'somodbhava' kaha gaya hai. yah amarakantak ki ek shreni hai.
- shon nadi ka ullekh sambhavatah 'shona' ke roop mean mahabharat, bhishmaparv[3] mean hai-
'kaushikian nimnagaan shonaan bahudamath chandramamh.'
- kalidas ne 'raghuvansh' mean shon aur bhagirathi ke sangam ka upamey roop mean varnan kiya hai, jo magadh ki rajadhani pataliputr ke pas hone ke karan prakhyat hua hoga-
'tasyaah s raksharthamanalpayodhamadishy piyan sachivan kumarah, pratyagrahityathivavahinian taan bhagirathianshonivottarangah.'[4]
arthath "aj iandumati ki raksharth apane pita ke sachiv ko niyukt karake usi prakar apane (pratidvandi) rajaoan ki sena par toot p da, jis prakar ganga par uttal tarangoan vala shon."[1]
- megasthaniz ne, jo chandragupt maury ki sabha mean rahane vala yavan doot tha, pataliputr ya patane ko ganga tatha iranobaos ke sangam par sthit bataya hai. 'iranobaos' hiranyavah[5] ka hi grik uchcharan hai.
- shon ko 'mahashon' ya 'mahashona' nam se bhi abhihit kiya jata hai-
'gandakinch mahashonaan sadaniraan tathaiv ch.'[6]
- shrimadbhagavat mean shon ka siandhu ke sath ullekh hai-
'siandhurandhah shonashch nadau mahanadi.'
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