Shloka 23

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

योजनानां सहस्राणि ऊर्ध्वं पञ्चाशदुच्छ्रितः तावदेव तु विस्तीर्णः पार्श्वतः परिमण्डलः

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ūrdhvaṃ pañcāśaducchritaḥ tāvadeva tu vistīrṇaḥ pārśvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ

Translation

Ia menjulang ke atas lima puluh ribu yojana, dan lebarnya pun sama ukurannya; pada sisi-sisinya ia bulat sempurna—tanda Linga yang tak terukur bagi Pati (Śiva), mengatasi jangkauan terbatas pashu (jiwa individu) yang terikat oleh pāśa.

Word by Word

• yojanānām: of yojanas (units of distance)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands

• ūrdhvam: upward

• pañcāśat: fifty

• ucchritaḥ: risen, elevated

• tāvat eva: of the same extent

• tu: indeed

• vistīrṇaḥ: expanded, broad

• pārśvataḥ: on the sides, laterally

• parimaṇḍalaḥ: perfectly circular, round all around

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya, recounting the cosmic Linga manifestation)