Shloka 2
Adhyaya 45: Rudra as Sarvatma—Seven Lokas, Seven Talas, and the Cosmic Body of Shiva
Devanagari script
सूत उवाच भूर्भुवः स्वर्महश्चैव जनः साक्षात्तपस् तथा सत्यलोकश् च पातालं नरकार्णवकोटयः
Transliteration
sūta uvāca bhūrbhuvaḥ svarmahaścaiva janaḥ sākṣāttapas tathā satyalokaś ca pātālaṃ narakārṇavakoṭayaḥ
Translation
सूत म्हणाला—भूः, भुवः, स्वः, महः, जनः, तपः आणि सत्यलोक; तसेच पाताळ व नरकांचे असंख्य समुद्र—हे विश्वाचे महान विभाग आहेत।
Word by Word
sūta uvācaSūta said
sūta uvāca:
bhūḥthe earth-world (Bhū-loka)
bhūḥ:
bhuvaḥthe mid-region/atmospheric world (Bhuvar-loka)
bhuvaḥ:
svaḥ (svar)the heavenly world (Svar-loka)
svaḥ (svar):
mahaḥMahas-loka
mahaḥ:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
janaḥJana-loka
janaḥ:
sākṣātdirectly/manifestly
sākṣāt:
tapaḥTapa-loka (world of austerity)
tapaḥ:
tathālikewise
tathā:
satyalokaḥSatya-loka (Brahma-loka)
satyalokaḥ:
caand
ca:
pātālamPātāla (netherworld)
pātālam:
naraka-arṇava-koṭayaḥcrores of oceans of hells (innumerable hell-realms)
naraka-arṇava-koṭayaḥ:
Speaker
Suta