Shloka 7

Bhūrloka-Vyavasthā — The Seven Dvīpas, Seven Oceans, and the Meru-Centered Order of Jambūdvīpa

Devanagari script

चतुरशीतिसाहस्त्रो योजनैस्तस्य चोच्छ्रयः / प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः

Transliteration

caturaśītisāhastro yojanaistasya cocchrayaḥ / praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastāddvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ

Translation

ความสูงของมันมีแปดหมื่นสี่พันโยชน์ แทรกลงไปเบื้องล่างหนึ่งหมื่นหกพันโยชน์ และที่ยอดแผ่กว้างออกไปสามหมื่นสองพันโยชน์

Word by Word

• चतुरशीतिसाहस्त्रः: eighty-four thousand (in measure)
• चतुरशीतिसाहस्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरशीति + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (चतुरशीतिः सहस्राणि = 84,000) उच्छ्रयः इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• योजनैः: by yojanas
• योजनैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचनम्; परिमाण-करणे

• तस्य: of it/of that (Meru)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• उच्छ्रयः: height
• उच्छ्रयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छ्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• प्रविष्टः: entered/sunk in
• प्रविष्टः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; उच्छ्रयः/मेरुः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्—‘entered/sunk’

• षोडश: sixteen
• षोडश: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (प्रातिपदिक/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; अधस्तात् इति पदेन सह परिमाणे (sixteen)

• अधस्तात्: below
• अधस्तात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधस्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘below/downwards’)

• द्वात्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• द्वात्रिंशत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; विस्तृतः इत्यस्य परिमाण-विशेषणम् (thirty-two)

• मूर्ध्नि: at the summit/on the head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचनम्; ‘on the top/head’

• विस्तृतः: is spread/extended
• विस्तृतः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; मेरुः/उच्छ्रयः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (narrating Purāṇic cosmography as taught in the Kurma Purana tradition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Meru
• Yojana

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse is primarily cosmographical, giving measurements of Meru; indirectly, it situates spiritual teaching within an ordered cosmos governed by dharma, implying an intelligible, law-bound reality supportive of Self-knowledge rather than describing Ātman directly.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No explicit yoga practice is taught in this verse; its function is to map the sacred cosmos. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmography frames pilgrimage, ritual orientation, and contemplations that support disciplined practice (yoga) and dharma.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not mention Shiva or Vishnu explicitly; however, as part of the Kurma Purana’s integrated teaching, cosmological order is presented as upheld by the same supreme principle revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava lenses.