Shloka 73

Matsya Purana — Kailasa

Devanagari script

विनिविष्टाः प्रतिदिशं निमग्ना लवणाम्बुधिम् चन्द्रकान्तस्तथा द्रोणः सुमहांश्च शिलोच्चयः //

Transliteration

viniviṣṭāḥ pratidiśaṃ nimagnā lavaṇāmbudhim candrakāntastathā droṇaḥ sumahāṃśca śiloccayaḥ //

Translation

Set in position in every direction and sunk down into the salt ocean are great rocky masses—Candrakānta, Droṇa, and other enormous stone-peaks.

Word by Word

• viniviṣṭāḥ: placed/established

• pratidiśam: in every direction

• nimagnāḥ: submerged/sunk

• lavaṇa-ambudhim: the salt ocean

• candrakāntaḥ: (the mountain named) Candrakānta

• tathā: likewise/also

• droṇaḥ: (the mountain named) Droṇa

• sumahān: very great/enormous

• ca: and

• śila-uccayaḥ: a heap/mass of rocks, rocky peak/mountain

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (teaching Vaivasvata Manu in cosmographic narration)

Entities Mentioned

• Candrakānta (mountain)
• Droṇa (mountain)
• Lavaṇāmbudhi (Salt Ocean)

Tags

• Cosmography
• Sacred Geography
• Mountains
• Oceans
• Puranic World-Map

FAQs

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

It does not describe Pralaya directly; it presents a cosmographic detail that certain named mountain-masses are fixed in the quarters and lie partly submerged in the salt ocean, emphasizing the ordered structure of the Purāṇic world.

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

Indirectly, such cosmographic passages ground dharma in a mapped, ordered universe—useful for kings and householders in understanding sacred geography tied to pilgrimage, territorial imagination, and ritual orientation by the directions.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The explicit topic is not Vāstu, but the stress on 'pratidiśam' (the quarters) aligns with ritual and architectural orientation—temples and altars are traditionally laid out by the directions, mirroring a cosmos structured by oceans, mountains, and cardinal placement.