Shloka 39
Adhyaya 49: जम्बूद्वीप-मेर्वादि-वर्षपर्वत-वन-सरः-रुद्रक्षेत्र-वर्णनम्
Devanagari script
सितोदं पश्चिमसरो महाभद्रं तथोत्तरम् शाखस्य दक्षिणे क्षेत्रं विशाखस्य च पश्चिमे
Transliteration
sitodaṃ paścimasaro mahābhadraṃ tathottaram śākhasya dakṣiṇe kṣetraṃ viśākhasya ca paścime
Translation
Danau Sitoda berada di arah barat; demikian pula Mahābhadra terletak di utara. Kṣetra suci berada di selatan Śākha dan di barat Viśākha—demikianlah arah tempat-tempat suci ini, ditegakkan untuk pemujaan Pati (Mahādeva) melalui Liṅga.
Word by Word
sitodamSitoda (name of a sacred place)
sitodam:
paścima-saraḥwestern lake
paścima-saraḥ:
mahābhadramMahābhadra (name of a sacred place/region)
mahābhadram:
tathālikewise
tathā:
uttaramnorthern (to the north)
uttaram:
śākhasyaof Śākha (a named locality/marker)
śākhasya:
dakṣiṇeto the south
dakṣiṇe:
kṣetramsacred field, holy precinct
kṣetram:
viśākhasyaof Viśākha (a named locality/marker)
viśākhasya:
caand
ca:
paścimeto the west
paścime:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)