Shloka 7

सप्तद्वीप-समुद्र-प्रमाणम्: प्लक्षादि-द्वीपवर्णनं, लोकालोक-सीमा, चन्द्र-समुद्र-वृद्धिक्षयः

Devanagari script

गोमेदश् चैव चन्द्रश् च नारदो दुन्दुभिस् तथा सोमकः सुमनाः शैलो वैभ्राजश् चैव सप्तमः

Transliteration

gomedaś caiva candraś ca nārado dundubhis tathā somakaḥ sumanāḥ śailo vaibhrājaś caiva saptamaḥ

Translation

Gomeda and Candra, Nārada and Dundubhi; Somaka, Sumanas, Śaila, and Vaibhrāja—these are the seven names (of the boundary-mountains).

Word by Word

• गोमेदः: Gomeda (name)
• गोमेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed / also
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• चन्द्रः: Candra (name)
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नारदः: Nārada (name)
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुन्दुभिः: Dundubhi (name)
• दुन्दुभिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण (also/likewise)

• सोमकः: Somaka (name)
• सोमकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुमनाः: Sumanāḥ (name)
• सुमनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सकारान्त-मनस्-शब्दः (irregular stem)

• शैलः: Śaila (name)
• शैलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वैभ्राजः: Vaibhrāja (name)
• वैभ्राजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभ्राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed / also
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• सप्तमः: the seventh
• सप्तमः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Names of the seven maryādā-parvatas (boundary-mountains) of the varṣa-divisions

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Varshas

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana (cosmic)

Characters & Entities

• Gomeda
• Candra
• Nārada
• Dundubhi
• Somaka
• Sumanas
• Śaila
• Vaibhrāja
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of listing names like Gomeda, Candra, and Nārada in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse functions as part of a structured cosmological catalogue—naming members of a defined celestial set to show that the universe is an ordered system, not random, and is sustained under Viṣṇu’s sovereignty.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmic order in this section?

Parāśara teaches by enumeration: he groups and names beings/entities in successive sets (here marked as the “seventh”), conveying hierarchy and regularity within the heavens as part of the Purāṇic world-model.

What is Lord Vishnu’s theological importance in this context?

Even when the verse is primarily a list, the Purāṇic intent is that such fixed cosmic arrangements ultimately depend on Viṣṇu as the Supreme Reality who upholds ṛta (universal order) and the functioning of the cosmos.