Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

सौमनं प्रथमं वर्षं धातकीखण्डमुच्यते धातकिनः स्मृतं तद्वै प्रथमं प्रथमस्य तु //

Transliteration

saumanaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dhātakīkhaṇḍamucyate dhātakinaḥ smṛtaṃ tadvai prathamaṃ prathamasya tu //

Translation

In the Dhātakīkhaṇḍa, the first varṣa (region) is called Saumana; and that is remembered as Dhātakina—the foremost division of that first section.

Word by Word

• सौमनम् (saumanam): Saumana (name of a region/varṣa)

• प्रथमम् (prathamam): first, foremost

• वर्षम् (varṣam): varṣa, region/country division

• धातकीखण्डम् (dhātakīkhaṇḍam): Dhātakīkhaṇḍa (a named landmass/dvīpa-division)

• उच्यते (ucyate): is called, is said

• धातकिनः (dhātakinaḥ): Dhātakina (name/epithet of the division/people associated with Dhātakī)

• स्मृतम् (smṛtam): remembered, recorded in tradition

• तत् (tat): that

• वै (vai): indeed

• प्रथमम् (prathamam): the first/foremost

• प्रथमस्य (prathamasya): of the first

• तु (tu): and/but (emphatic particle).

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (teaching Vaivasvata Manu)

Entities Mentioned

• Dhātakīkhaṇḍa
• Saumana
• Dhātakina

Tags

• Sacred Geography
• Dvipa
• Varsha
• Puranic Cosmography
• Matsya Purana

FAQs

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

This verse is not about pralaya; it catalogs cosmic geography, naming the first regional division (varṣa) within Dhātakīkhaṇḍa as part of the Purāṇic world-structure.

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

Indirectly, it supports the Purāṇic ideal that rulers understand the sacred layout of the world (dvīpas/varṣas) for pilgrimage, ritual orientation, and maintaining dharmic order across regions.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or temple rule is stated; the significance is ritual-geographic—naming regions used in Purāṇic mapping for tīrtha-travel, recitation contexts, and cosmological orientation.