Shloka 8
एकार्णव-सृष्टिक्रमः, ब्रह्म-विष्णु-परस्परप्रवेशः, शिवस्य आगमनं च
Devanagari script
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं तरुणादित्यसन्निभम् वज्रदण्डं महोत्सेधं नाभ्यां सृष्टं तु पुष्करम्
Transliteration
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ taruṇādityasannibham vajradaṇḍaṃ mahotsedhaṃ nābhyāṃ sṛṣṭaṃ tu puṣkaram
Translation
नाभि से पुष्कर कमल प्रकट हुआ—सौ योजन विस्तृत, उदयमान सूर्य के समान दीप्त, वज्रदण्ड-सा दण्डयुक्त और अत्यन्त ऊँचा।
Word by Word
śata-yojana-vistīrṇamextending a hundred yojanas
śata-yojana-vistīrṇam:
taruṇa-āditya-sannibhamresembling the youthful (rising) sun
taruṇa-āditya-sannibham:
vajra-daṇḍamhaving a thunderbolt-like staff/stalk
vajra-daṇḍam:
mahotsedhamof great height/loftiness
mahotsedham:
nābhyāmfrom the navel
nābhyām:
sṛṣṭamcreated/manifested
sṛṣṭam:
tuindeed/then
tu:
puṣkaramPuṣkara, the lotus
puṣkaram:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga creation account to the sages of Naimisharanya)