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Shloka 39

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

सितोदं पश्चिमसरो महाभद्रं तथोत्तरम् शाखस्य दक्षिणे क्षेत्रं विशाखस्य च पश्चिमे

sitodaṃ paścimasaro mahābhadraṃ tathottaram śākhasya dakṣiṇe kṣetraṃ viśākhasya ca paścime

西にはシトーダ(Sitodā)の湖があり、北にはマハーバドラ(Mahābhadra)がある。聖なるクシェートラ(kṣetra)はシャーカ(Śākha)の南、ヴィシャーカ(Viśākha)の西に位置する—これら聖地の方位は、リンガ(Liṅga)を通して主宰者パティ(Pati)を礼拝するために定められたのである。

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:

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)