Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

प्रागायताः सुपर्वाणः षडेते वर्षपर्वताः अवगाढाश्चोभयतः समुद्रौ पूर्वपश्चिमौ

Transliteration

prāgāyatāḥ suparvāṇaḥ ṣaḍete varṣaparvatāḥ avagāḍhāścobhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau

Translation

ഈ ആറു ഉത്തമവും സുസന്ധിതവുമായ വർഷപർവ്വതങ്ങൾ കിഴക്കോട്ടു നീളുന്നു; ഇരുവശത്തും അവ കിഴക്കുസമുദ്രത്തിലും പടിഞ്ഞാറുസമുദ്രത്തിലും ആഴത്തിൽ മുങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• prāg-āyatāḥ: stretching toward the east

• su-parvāṇaḥ: having excellent ridges/joints, well-formed

• ṣaṭ: six

• ete: these

• varṣa-parvatāḥ: regional (division-marking) mountains

• avagāḍhāḥ: sunk, plunged, embedded

• ca: and

• ubhayataḥ: on both sides

• samudrau: the two oceans

• pūrva-paścimau: eastern and western

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Suta Goswami
• Samudra (Oceans)

FAQs

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

By mapping the world’s boundaries as orderly and divinely structured, the verse supports a Shaiva view that the cosmos is upheld by Pati (Shiva) as cosmic regulator; Linga worship aligns the devotee’s inner order with this larger sacred order.

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

Indirectly, it reflects Shiva-tattva as the sustaining principle behind cosmic stability—mountains, regions, and oceans arranged in measure—hinting at Pati as the ground of structure in creation (sṛṣṭi-sthiti).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No specific puja-vidhi is stated; the takeaway is contemplative (dhyāna) use of sacred cosmology—seeing the universe as Shiva’s ordered manifestation—supportive of Pashupata-style inward recollection of Pati amid the world’s forms.