Shloka 2

सप्तद्वीप-सप्तसमुद्र-वर्णनम् तथा प्रियव्रतवंश-राज्यविभागः

Devanagari script

जम्बूः प्लक्षः शाल्मलिश् च कुशः क्रौञ्चस्तथैव च शाकः पुष्करनामा च द्वीपास्त्वभ्यन्तरे क्रमात्

Transliteration

jambūḥ plakṣaḥ śālmaliś ca kuśaḥ krauñcastathaiva ca śākaḥ puṣkaranāmā ca dvīpāstvabhyantare kramāt

Translation

അന്തരക്രമത്തിൽ (കേന്ദ്രത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തേക്ക്) ജംബൂ, പ്ലക്ഷ, ശാല്മലി, കുശ, ക്രൗഞ്ച, ശാക, പുഷ്കര എന്നിങ്ങനെ ദ്വീപങ്ങൾ ക്രമമായി ഉണ്ട്।

Word by Word

• जम्बूः (jambūḥ): Jambu-dvipa

• प्लक्षः (plakṣaḥ): Plaksha-dvipa

• शाल्मलिः (śālmaliḥ): Shalmali-dvipa

• च (ca): and

• कुशः (kuśaḥ): Kusha-dvipa

• क्रौञ्चः (krauñcaḥ): Krauncha-dvipa

• तथैव (tathaiva): likewise/also

• च (ca): and

• शाकः (śākaḥ): Shaka-dvipa

• पुष्करनामा (puṣkaranāmā): named Pushkara

• च (ca): and

• द्वीपाः (dvīpāḥ): islands/continents

• तु (tu): indeed

• अभ्यन्तरे (abhyantare): within/inner region

• क्रमात् (kramāt): in order/successively

Speaker

Suta Goswami

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It situates the created cosmos as an ordered manifestation; for Linga worship, this supports the view that all worlds and regions exist within Shiva (Pati), and worship of the Linga is worship of the cosmic ground that contains and governs them.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though not naming Shiva directly, it implies an intelligible, graded cosmos (krama) within manifestation—consistent with Shaiva Siddhanta where the ordered worlds belong to the realm of pasha for the pashu, while Shiva-tattva remains the transcendent Pati who pervades and rules the whole.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi or Pashupata Yoga technique is stated; the takeaway is contemplative—using cosmic order as an aid to dhyana on Shiva as the all-containing Lord beyond the world-structure.