Shloka 15

Sapta-dvīpa Catalog: Plakṣa to Puṣkara, Mānasottara, and the Lokāloka Boundary

Devanagari script

ख्यातिश्च पुण्डरीका च सप्तैता वर्षनिम्नगाः / शाकद्वीपेश्वराद्भव्यात्सप्त पुत्राः प्रजज्ञिरे

Transliteration

khyātiśca puṇḍarīkā ca saptaitā varṣanimnagāḥ / śākadvīpeśvarādbhavyātsapta putrāḥ prajajñire

Translation

Khyāti und Puṇḍarīkā—sie gehören zu den sieben Flüssen der Regionen (varṣas). Und aus Bhavyā wurden, durch den Herrn von Śākadvīpa, sieben Söhne geboren.

Word by Word

• ख्यातिः: Khyāti (name)
• ख्यातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नामरूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• पुण्डरीका: Puṇḍarīkā (name)
• पुण्डरीका: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नामरूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण; (यहाँ) प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे

• एताः: these (f.)
• एताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वर्षनिम्नगाः: rivers of the varṣa (region)
• वर्षनिम्नगाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षनिम्नगा (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + निम्नगा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वर्षस्य निम्नगाः)

• शाकद्वीपेश्वरात्: from the lord of Śāka-dvīpa
• शाकद्वीपेश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकद्वीपेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; शाकद्वीप + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• भव्यात्: would be / should arise
• भव्यात्: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण; प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रजज्ञिरे: were born
• प्रजज्ञिरे: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra in the Garuda Purana dialogue frame)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Sacred geography: rivers and regions are not merely physical but carriers of dhārmic memory; lineage arises through a dvīpa’s lord, linking polity, land, and progeny.

Vedantic Theme: Unity underlying multiplicity: many rivers/regions within one cosmic body; nāma-rūpa as structured manifestation.

Application: For traditional study, map names to a conceptual cosmographic diagram; for practice, treat rivers/waters as sacred—cultivate ecological reverence.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: dvīpa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.56 (Śākadvīpa section; varṣa and river enumerations)

Characters & Entities

• Khyāti
• Puṇḍarīkā
• Śākadvīpa
• Bhavyā

FAQs

What is the importance of Śākadvīpa in the Garuda Purana?

This verse places Śākadvīpa within the Purāṇic map of the world, linking it to named rivers (varṣa-nimnagāḥ) and a lineage (seven sons), which is how the text structures sacred geography and dynastic order.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not directly discuss the soul’s post-death journey; instead, it belongs to the cosmology/genealogy section that frames the universe in which later teachings on dharma, rites, and afterlife are situated.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a reminder that the Garuda Purana also preserves sacred geography and lineages—helpful for contextual study, recitation indexing, and understanding how Purāṇas organize spiritual knowledge through cosmological mapping.