Chapter 71 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 71.2

ऐलधाने नदीं तीर्वा प्राप्य चापरपर्वतान्। शिलामाकुर्वती ती। आग्नेयं शल्यकर्षणम्॥

ailadhāne nadīṃ tīrvā prāpya cāparaparvatān| śilāmākurvatī tī| āgneyaṃ śalyakarṣaṇam||

English Meaning

Then crossing a river at Eladhana,' and coming to Aparaparvata”, he crossed the Sila? and the Akurvatī, and arrived at Agneya* and Salyakarsanam. 1. Some read Eladhani. 2. Some read Apharaparyata. 3. The river, according to some is so named because it transforms the surrounding objects to stone. 4. Some make Agneya an epithet to Salyakarsana, meaning, relating to the south-east.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)