Shloka 17

Bhu-maṇḍala-varṇanam

Description of the Earth-Maṇḍala, the Seven Continents, and Meru

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे पञ्चम्यामुमासंहितायां ब्रह्माण्डकथने जम्बूद्वीपवर्षवर्णनं नाम सप्तदशोध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ brahmāṇḍakathane jambūdvīpavarṣavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśodhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນີ້ ໃນ «ສຣີ ສິວະ ມະຫາປຸຣານະ» ພາກທີ 5 «ອຸມາສັມຫິຕາ» ໃນຕອນເລົ່າເຖິງພຣະມານະດະ (ໄຂ່ຈັກກະວານ) ບົດທີ 17 ຊື່ «ການພັນລະນາແດນວັຣສະໃນຊັມບູທະວີປະ» ສິ້ນສຸດລົງແລ້ວ.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākya-sūcaka (वाक्यसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्री-शिव-महा-पुराणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासपद (कर्मधारय/उपपद-समासभाव), अधिकरण

• पञ्चम्याम्: in the fifth (book)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal)

• उमा-संहितायाम्: in the Umā-saṃhitā
• उमा-संहितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासपद (तत्पुरुष: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ब्रह्माण्ड-कथने: in the narration of the cosmos (Brahmāṇḍa)
• ब्रह्माण्ड-कथने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासपद (तत्पुरुष)

• जम्बूद्वीप-वर्ष-वर्णनम्: description of the regions of Jambūdvīpa
• जम्बूद्वीप-वर्ष-वर्णनम्: Viṣaya/Viśeṣya (विषय/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बूद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासपद (तत्पुरुष)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Saṃjñā-sūcaka (संज्ञासूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (indeclinable: 'named')

• सप्तदशः: seventeenth
• सप्तदशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (numeral adjective)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Colophon marking the closure of Chapter 17: Jambūdvīpa-varṣa description within the Brahmāṇḍa-kathana of the Umāsaṃhitā.

Significance: Textual ‘phala’ is implicit: hearing/knowing sacred cosmography is treated in Purāṇas as meritorious śravaṇa; no specific tīrtha-visit is prescribed here.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Brahmāṇḍa-kathana (cosmic-egg narration) as the framing topic

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; spiritually, it emphasizes śāstra-smarana (reverent remembrance of scripture) and frames cosmology as part of Śiva’s orderly governance of the universe.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Though not describing a ritual directly, it situates the narrative within Śiva Purāṇa—where Saguna Śiva (worshipped as Liṅga) is the Lord who sustains cosmic order; cosmological chapters support devotion by portraying creation as dependent on Śiva (Pati).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

No specific practice is prescribed in this colophon; a practical takeaway is pāṭha (recitation) or śravaṇa (listening) of the completed chapter with devotion to Śiva, optionally beginning/ending with pañcākṣarī japa (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).