Shloka 4
इंद्रद्युम्नः कसेरुश्च ताम्रवर्णो गभस्तिमान् । नागद्वीपस्तथा सौम्यो गन्धर्वस्त्वथ वारुणः
iṃdradyumnaḥ kaseruśca tāmravarṇo gabhastimān | nāgadvīpastathā saumyo gandharvastvatha vāruṇaḥ
ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରଦ୍ୟୁମ୍ନ, କସେରୁ, ତାମ୍ରବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଓ ଗଭସ୍ତିମାନ; ତଥା ନାଗଦ୍ୱୀପ ଓ ସୌମ୍ୟ; ପରେ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ ଓ ବାରୁଣ—ଏହି ନାମଗୁଡ଼ିକ କ୍ରମେ ଗଣାଯାଇଛି।
Suta Goswami
Sthala Purana: A straightforward cosmographic enumeration of Bhārata-varṣa’s divisions by name; no direct jyotirliṅga linkage is stated here.
Significance: Indirect: mapping sacred geography prepares for later tīrtha/kshetra orientation in purāṇic practice, but this verse itself is nominative listing.
FAQs
This verse functions as a sacred enumeration of names within the narrative flow; in Shaiva practice, attentive listening and remembrance (śravaṇa–smaraṇa) of such Purāṇic lists is treated as a purifying act that steadies the mind toward Pati (Śiva) through disciplined attention.
Although the verse itself lists names rather than describing the Liṅga, it supports Saguna-oriented devotion by grounding the listener in the Purāṇic world where Śiva’s grace operates through histories, lineages, and sacred remembrance—often recited alongside Liṅga worship and Purāṇa pāṭha.
A practical takeaway is nāma-japa/recitation: read or chant the passage with focus, optionally before a Śiva-liṅga while repeating the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), as a form of attentive Purāṇa-śravaṇa.