Shloka 12

Matsya Purana — Description of Gomedaka and Puṣkara Dvīpas; the Lokāloka Boundary; Ocean Tide...

Devanagari script

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सप्तमं द्वीपमुत्तमम् समुद्रेक्षुरसं चैव गोमेदाद्द्विगुणं हि सः //

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi saptamaṃ dvīpamuttamam samudrekṣurasaṃ caiva gomedāddviguṇaṃ hi saḥ //

Translation

Now I shall describe the seventh and most excellent continent, and also the ocean of sugarcane-juice; it is indeed twice the extent of Gomeda.

Word by Word

• ataḥ param: thereafter/next

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall explain

• saptamam: the seventh

• dvīpam: continent/island

• uttamam: most excellent/supreme

• samudram: ocean

• ikṣu-rasam: sugarcane juice (as the ocean’s substance)

• ca eva: and indeed/also

• gomedāt: than Gomeda (dvīpa)

• dviguṇam: double/twice

• hi: indeed

• saḥ: it (that ocean/measure).

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (Vishnu) speaking to Vaivasvata Manu

Entities Mentioned

• Matsya
• Vaivasvata Manu
• Gomeda (dvīpa)
• Ikṣurasa-samudra (sugarcane-juice ocean)

Tags

• Cosmography
• Sapta-dvipa
• Puranic geography
• Ocean measures
• Matsya Purana

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about Pralaya; it belongs to the Matsya Purana’s cosmography, outlining the structured, proportional arrangement of continents and their surrounding oceans.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Directly it does not prescribe dharma, but it supports the Purāṇic worldview a king is expected to uphold—governance aligned with cosmic order (ṛta), where the universe is described as orderly and measurable.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or ritual rule appears here; the key takeaway is the Purāṇic principle of proportion (dviguṇa, “doubling”), a recurring idea that also informs later traditional proportional thinking in planning and measurement.