Shloka 25
Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्
Devanagari script
वर्षे तु भारते मर्त्याः पुण्याः कर्मवशायुषः शतायुषः समाख्याता नानावर्णाल्पदेहिनः
Transliteration
varṣe tu bhārate martyāḥ puṇyāḥ karmavaśāyuṣaḥ śatāyuṣaḥ samākhyātā nānāvarṇālpadehinaḥ
Translation
वर्षे तु भारते मर्त्याः पुण्याः कर्मवशायुषः। शतायुषः समाख्याता नानावर्णाल्पदेहिनः॥
Word by Word
varṣein the region/continent
varṣe:
tuindeed/but
tu:
bhāratein Bhārata (India)
bhārate:
martyāḥmortals/humans
martyāḥ:
puṇyāḥpossessed of merit/virtuous
puṇyāḥ:
karmavaśa-āyuṣaḥwhose lifespan is under the control of karma
karmavaśa-āyuṣaḥ:
śata-āyuṣaḥhundred-lived (having a hundred-year lifespan)
śata-āyuṣaḥ:
samākhyātāḥare declared/are described
samākhyātāḥ:
nānā-varṇaof many varṇas/classes
nānā-varṇa:
alpa-dehinaḥsmall-bodied/of lesser bodily size
alpa-dehinaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Linga Purana to the sages; internal speaker inferred as the Purana’s narrator describing Bharata-varsha)