Shloka 39
Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्
Devanagari script
सितोदं पश्चिमसरो महाभद्रं तथोत्तरम् शाखस्य दक्षिणे क्षेत्रं विशाखस्य च पश्चिमे
Transliteration
sitodaṃ paścimasaro mahābhadraṃ tathottaram śākhasya dakṣiṇe kṣetraṃ viśākhasya ca paścime
Translation
Sitodā ist der See im Westen; ebenso liegt Mahābhadra im Norden. Das heilige Feld (kṣetra) befindet sich südlich von Śākha und westlich von Viśākha—so sind die Richtungen dieser heiligen Stätten festgelegt, errichtet zur Verehrung des Herrn (Pati) durch den Liṅga.
Word by Word
sitodamSitoda (name of a sacred place)
sitodam:
paścima-saraḥwestern lake
paścima-saraḥ:
mahābhadramMahābhadra (name of a sacred place/region)
mahābhadram:
tathālikewise
tathā:
uttaramnorthern (to the north)
uttaram:
śākhasyaof Śākha (a named locality/marker)
śākhasya:
dakṣiṇeto the south
dakṣiṇe:
kṣetramsacred field, holy precinct
kṣetram:
viśākhasyaof Viśākha (a named locality/marker)
viśākhasya:
caand
ca:
paścimeto the west
paścime:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)