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 उवाच—भूर्भुवः स्वर्महश्चैव जनः साक्षात्तपस्तथा। सत्यलोकश्च पातालं नरकार्णवकोटयः॥
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