Shloka 29

भुवनकोशस्वभाववर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीप-पर्वत-लोकविन्यासः तथा यक्ष-उमा-प्रकाशः

Devanagari script

द्वीपस्यानन्तरो यस्तु समुद्रः सप्तमस्तु वै एवं द्वीपसमुद्राणां वृद्धिर्ज्ञेया परस्परम्

Transliteration

dvīpasyānantaro yastu samudraḥ saptamastu vai evaṃ dvīpasamudrāṇāṃ vṛddhirjñeyā parasparam

Translation

द्वीपस्यानन्तरः समुद्रः सप्तम एव; एवं द्वीपसमुद्रयोः परस्परं वृद्धिः क्रमशो ज्ञेया।

Word by Word

• द्वीपस्य: of the continent (dvīpa)

• अनन्तरः: immediately following/next (anantaraḥ)

• यः तु: which indeed (yaḥ tu)

• समुद्रः: ocean (samudraḥ)

• सप्तमः: the seventh (saptamaḥ)

• तु वै: indeed, certainly (tu vai)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner (evam)

• द्वीप-समुद्राणाम्: of the continents and oceans (dvīpa-samudrāṇām)

• वृद्धिः: increase/expansion (vṛddhiḥ)

• ज्ञेया: is to be understood/known (jñeyā)

• परस्परम्: successively/one after another, in mutual sequence (parasparam)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating cosmography within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames the cosmos as an ordered manifestation governed by Pati (Shiva); Linga-worship aligns the devotee (pashu) with this divine order, turning cosmology into contemplative support for Shiva-bhakti.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though not naming Shiva directly, it implies a regulated, intelligible expansion of creation—an effect that Shaiva Siddhanta attributes to Shiva as Pati, the supreme governor who sustains measure (niyati) within the manifested world.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A contemplative practice (dhyana) is implied: meditating on the graded structure of creation as Shiva’s orderly manifestation, supporting Pashupata-style inward detachment from pasha (bondage) through cosmic perspective.