Shloka 2

Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्

Devanagari script

पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तीर्णा ससमुद्रा धरा स्मृता द्वीपैश् च सप्तभिर् युक्ता लोकालोकावृता शुभा

Transliteration

pañcāśatkoṭivistīrṇā sasamudrā dharā smṛtā dvīpaiś ca saptabhir yuktā lokālokāvṛtā śubhā

Translation

On se souvient que la Terre s’étend sur cinquante crores, avec les océans qui l’encerclent. Unie aux sept continents, elle est de bon augure et bornée par la chaîne du Lokāloka—frontière entre les mondes manifestés et l’obscurité non manifestée—soutenant ainsi l’ordre du cosmos sous le Seigneur (Pati).

Word by Word

• पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat): fifty

• कोटि (koṭi): crore (ten million)

• विस्तीर्णा (vistīrṇā): spread out, extensive

• स-समुद्रा (sa-samudrā): together with oceans

• धरा (dharā): the Earth, the bearer

• स्मृता (smṛtā): is remembered/said to be

• द्वीपैः (dvīpaiḥ): with continents/islands

• च (ca): and

• सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ): by seven

• युक्ता (yuktā): joined, endowed

• लोकालोक-आवृता (lokāloka-āvṛtā): enclosed by Lokāloka (boundary of light and darkness/world and non-world)

• शुभा (śubhā): auspicious, благотворная

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Suta
• Lokāloka
• Dharā (Earth)

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

By describing the ordered structure of the cosmos—dvīpas, oceans, and the Lokāloka boundary—the verse frames the universe as a regulated manifestation upheld by Pati (Shiva), the same Supreme Reality symbolized and approached through the Linga.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is implied as the transcendent governor of manifest order: the Lokāloka boundary signifies the limit of the knowable world, beyond which lies unmanifest darkness—pointing to the Lord who both contains and surpasses creation.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No direct rite is prescribed, but it supports a Pashupata-style contemplative practice: meditating on cosmic boundaries (Lokāloka) as an outer symbol for the inner limit between bondage (pāśa) and liberation under Pati.