Tassa catūsu passesu sīhamukhaṃ hatthimukhaṃ assamukhaṃ usabhamukhanti cattāri udakanikkhamanamukhāni honti, yehi catasso nadiyo sandanti. Sīhamukhena nikkhantanadītīre kesarasīhā bahutarā honti, tathā hatthimukhādīhi hatthiassausabhā puratthimadisato nikkhantanadī anotattaṃ tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā itarā tisso nadiyo anupagamma pācīnahimavanteneva amanussapathaṃ gantvā mahāsamuddaṃ pavisati. Pacchimadisato uttaradisato ca nikkhantanadiyopi tatheva padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pacchimuttarahimavanteneva uttarahimavanteneva ca amanussapathaṃ gantvā mahāsamuddaṃ pavisanti.

Dakkhiṇadisato nikkhantanadī pana taṃ tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā dakkhiṇena ujukaṃ pāsāṇapiṭṭheneva saṭṭhiyojanāni gantvā pabbataṃ paharitvā uṭṭhāya parikkhepena tigāvutappamāṇaudakadhārā hutvā ākāsena saṭṭhiyojanāni gantvā tiyaggale nāma pāsāṇe patitā, pāsāṇo udakadhārāvegena bhinno. Tattha paññāsayojanappamāṇā tiyaggalā nāma pokkharaṇī jātā, pokkharaṇiyā kūlaṃ bhinditvā pāsāṇaṃ pavisitvā saṭṭhiyojanāni gantvā tato ghanapaṭhaviṃ bhinditvā ummaṅgena saṭṭhiyojanāni gantvā viñjhaṃ nāma tiracchānapabbataṃ paharitvā hatthatale pañcaṅgulisadisā pañcadhārā hutvā pavattanti.

Sā tikkhattuṃ anotattaṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā gatagataṭṭhāne "āvaṭṭagaṅgā"ti vuccati, ujukaṃ pāsāṇapiṭṭhena saṭṭhiyojanāni gataṭṭhāne "kaṇhagaṅgā"ti, ākāsena saṭṭhiyojanāni gataṭṭhāne "ākāsagaṅgā"ti, tiyaggalapāsāṇe paññāsayojanokāse ṭhitā "tiyaggalapokkharaṇī"ti kūlaṃ bhinditvā pāsāṇaṃ pavisitvā saṭṭhiyojanāni

Evametā pañca mahānadiyo himavantato pavattantīti veditabbā.