Shloka 10

मेरोर्दिग्वर्णनम् / Digvarṇana of Meru: Uttara-Kuru, Bhadrāśva, and Jambūdvīpa Motifs

Devanagari script

तत्र स्वयंप्रभा देवी नित्यं वसति शाण्डिली । उत्तरेण तु शृड्गस्य समुद्रान्ते जनाधिप

Transliteration

tatra svayaṃprabhā devī nityaṃ vasati śāṇḍilī | uttareṇa tu śṛṅgasya samudrānte janādhipa |

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်— «ထိုနေရာ၌ ‘ကိုယ်တိုင်တောက်ပသူ’ ဟု အမည်ရသော Svayaṃprabhā ဟူသည့် Śāṇḍilī ဒေဝီသည် အမြဲတမ်း နေထိုင်လျက် ရှိသည်။ ထို့ပြင် အို လူတို့၏အရှင်၊ ထိုတောင်ထိပ်၏ မြောက်ဘက်၊ သမုဒ္ဒရာအစွန်း၌ ဤအကြောင်းအရာတွင် ထင်ရှားသော ဒေသ (varṣa) တစ်ခု ရှိသည်»။

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• स्वयम्-प्रभा: Self-luminous (named) Svayaṃprabhā
• स्वयम्-प्रभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम्-प्रभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम्

• वसति: dwells
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शाण्डिली: Śāṇḍilī (name/epithet)
• शाण्डिली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिली
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तरेण: to the north of
• उत्तरेण: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तर

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शृङ्गस्य: of the peak/horn (i.e., mountain peak)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समुद्र-अन्ते: at the end/shore of the ocean
• समुद्र-अन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र-अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जन-अधिप: O lord of people (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śāṇḍilī (devī)
• Svayaṃprabhā
• samudra (ocean)
• śṛṅga (peak/summit)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes a worldview where certain regions are sanctified by continuous divine presence; sacred geography is presented as a source of order, auspiciousness, and reverence within the epic’s cosmological imagination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing a particular locale: a goddess named Śāṇḍilī, called Svayaṃprabhā, dwells there eternally, and he locates the place further by noting it lies north of a peak and near the ocean’s shore, as part of a broader geographical/cosmological description.