Shloka 4

Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region

Sanskrit

पूर्वेण यत् स्थितं वर्षं भद्राश्वं तन्निबोध मे ।

श्वेतपर्णश्च नीलश्च शैवालश्चाचलोत्तमः ॥

Transliteration

pūrveṇa yat sthitaṃ varṣaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ tan nibodha me / śvetaparṇaś ca nīlaś ca śaivālaś cācalottamaḥ

Translation

Verstehe von mir, dass im Osten das Varṣa namens Bhadrāśva liegt. Dort befinden sich die vortrefflichen Berge Śvetaparṇa, Nīla und Śaivāla.

Speakers

• Narrator to interlocutor

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred geography
• Toponymy