ईषादंडस्ततैवास्य द्विगुणः परिकीर्तितः । सार्धकोटिस्तथा सप्त नियुतानि विवस्वतः
īṣādaṃḍastataivāsya dviguṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | sārdhakoṭistathā sapta niyutāni vivasvataḥ
Le timon de ce char est déclaré deux fois plus long. Et de Vivasvān (le Soleil) il est dit qu’il y a sept koṭis et demi, ainsi que sept niyutas (en mesure ou en nombre).
Nārada (continuing from 38.1)
Tirtha: Sūrya-ratha / Sūrya-loka (cosmographic locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kauravya
Scene: A close, diagram-like depiction of the solar chariot: long pole-shaft twice the chariot measure, with inscriptions of koṭi/niyuta numbers; Nārada points as he explains.
It continues the Purāṇic vision of a precisely ordered universe centered on divine forces like the Sun.
None; this passage is cosmological measurement, not a tīrtha-praise.
None.