Shloka 13

सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्र-वर्णनम् तथा प्रियव्रतवंश-राज्यविभागः

Devanagari script

आसमुद्रायताः केचिद् गिरयो गह्वरैस् तथा धरायाः पतयश्चासन् बहवः कालगौरवात्

Transliteration

āsamudrāyatāḥ kecid girayo gahvarais tathā dharāyāḥ patayaścāsan bahavaḥ kālagauravāt

Translation

Einige Berge erstreckten sich bis zum Meer; andere waren von weiten Höhlen durchzogen. Viele wurden auch zu „Herren“ der Erde, zu Herrschaft und Schwere erhoben durch die ernste Macht der Zeit, Kāla.

Word by Word

• āsamudrāyatāḥ: extending up to the ocean/sea-reaching

• kecit: some

• girayaḥ: mountains

• gahvaraiḥ: with caves/chasm-like hollows

• tathā: likewise

• dharāyāḥ: of the earth

• patayaḥ: lords/masters/rulers

• ca: and

• āsan: became/were

• bahavaḥ: many

• kāla-gauravāt: due to the weight/gravitas of Time (Kāla)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)