Shloka 17

मेरुवर्णनम्—प्रमाण, दिग्विभाग, देवपुरी-विमान-निवासाः

Devanagari script

नैरृते कृष्णवर्णा च तथा शुद्धवती शुभा तादृशी गन्धवन्ती च वायव्यां दिशि शोभना

Transliteration

nairṛte kṛṣṇavarṇā ca tathā śuddhavatī śubhā tādṛśī gandhavantī ca vāyavyāṃ diśi śobhanā

Translation

नैरृते कृष्णवर्णा सा तथापि शुद्धवती शुभा; वायव्यां दिशि तादृशी गन्धवन्ती च शोभना।

Word by Word

• नैरृते: in the south-west direction

• कृष्णवर्णा: dark-complexioned

• च: and

• तथा: likewise

• शुद्धवती: possessing purity

• शुभा: auspicious

• तादृशी: of that same nature/so too

• गन्धवन्ती: fragrant

• च: and

• वायव्याम् दिशि: in the north-west direction

• शोभना: splendid/beautiful

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages at Naimisharanya; contextual attribution)