Shloka 22

भू-मण्डलसंक्षेपवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्राः, मेरु-मानम्, गङ्गावतरणम्, देववन-सरोवर-लोकपालपुर्यः

Devanagari script

तीरमृत् तद्रसं प्राप्य सुखवायुविशोषिता जाम्बूनदाख्यं भवति सुवर्णं सिद्धभूषणम्

Transliteration

tīramṛt tadrasaṃ prāpya sukhavāyuviśoṣitā jāmbūnadākhyaṃ bhavati suvarṇaṃ siddhabhūṣaṇam

Translation

When the earth of the riverbank receives that essence and is gently dried by the pleasant wind, it becomes the gold known as Jāmbūnada—famed as the perfected adornment of the Siddhas.

Word by Word

• tīramṛt: the bank-clay
• tīramṛt: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra + mṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तीरस्य मृद्)

• tadrasaṃ: that juice
• tadrasaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तस्य रसः)

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Conjunctive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having obtained’

• sukhavāyuviśoṣitā: dried by pleasant winds
• sukhavāyuviśoṣitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha + vāyu + viśoṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘vi-śuṣ’/‘śuṣ’ भावः; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सुखवायुनā विशोषिता)

• jāmbūnadākhyaṃ: called Jāmbūnada
• jāmbūnadākhyaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāmbūnada + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (जाम्बूनद इति आख्यं)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• suvarṇam: gold
• suvarṇam: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• siddhabhūṣaṇam: ornament of the Siddhas
• siddhabhūṣaṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धानां भूषणम्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How Jambū rasa transforms riverbank earth into Jāmbūnada gold

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Dvipas

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Jambūnada (gold)

FAQs

What is the significance of Jāmbūnada gold in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Jāmbūnada as a cosmically generated, purified gold formed from a sacred essence and natural refinement, highlighting how the world’s substances arise within an ordered, meaningful creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the formation of extraordinary substances in Jambūdvīpa?

He describes a process where a potent ‘rasa’ is absorbed by riverbank earth and then perfected through gentle drying winds, turning into a superior gold associated with Siddhas.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the cosmological account functions within the Purana’s core view that the universe’s geography and materials operate under Vishnu’s supreme governance and sustaining order.