Shloka 4

Adhyaya 55 — Description of Jambudvipa: The Four Forests, Lakes, and Mountain Ranges Around Mount Meru; Bharata as the Karma-Bhumi

Sanskrit

शीतार्तश्चक्रमुञ्जश्च कुलीरोऽथ सुकङ्कवान् । मणिशैलोऽथ वृषवान् महानीलो भवाचलः ॥

Transliteration

śītārtaś cakramuñjaś ca kulīro ’tha sukaṅkavān | maṇiśailo ’tha vṛṣavān mahānīlo bhavācalaḥ ||

Translation

ശീതാർത, ചക്രമുഞ്ജ, കുലീര, സുകങ്കവാൻ; മണിശൈലം, വൃഷവാൻ, മഹാനീലം, ഭവാചലം—ഇവ (എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്ന) മഹാപർവതങ്ങളാണ്.

Speakers

• Not within Devi Mahatmyam; cosmographic narration (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred Geography
• Puranic Catalogues