Shloka 22

Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः

Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time

Devanagari script

सौरम् अग्निमयं स्थानं सहस्रांशोर्विवस्वतः हिमांशोस्तु स्मृतं स्थानम् अम्मयं शुक्लमेव च

Transliteration

sauram agnimayaṃ sthānaṃ sahasrāṃśorvivasvataḥ himāṃśostu smṛtaṃ sthānam ammayaṃ śuklameva ca

Translation

ਸਹਸ੍ਰ ਕਿਰਣਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਵਿਵਸਵਾਨ ਦਾ ਸੌਰ ਲੋਕ ਅੱਗ-ਸਰੂਪ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਹਿਮਾਂਸ਼ੂ (ਚੰਦਰਮਾ) ਦਾ ਠਿਕਾਣਾ ਜਲਮਯ ਅਤੇ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ-ਸ਼ਵੇਤ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सौरम्: solar

• अग्निमयं: constituted of fire

• स्थानम्: abode/realm

• सहस्रांशोः: of the thousand-rayed one (Sun)

• विवस्वतः: of Vivasvān (Sun-god)

• हिमांशोः: of Himāṃśu (Moon)

• तु: but/indeed

• स्मृतम्: remembered/declared

• स्थानम्: abode/realm

• अम्मयं (अप्-मयम्): made of water/watery in nature

• शुक्लम्: white/bright

• एव: indeed/only

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya)