Shloka 12
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
तेषामन्तरविष्कम्भो द्विगुण: सर्वभागश: । औद्िदं प्रथम वर्ष द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम्
teṣām antaraviṣkambho dviguṇaḥ sarvabhāgaśaḥ | audidaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ veṇumaṇḍalam ||
สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ระหว่างแดนเหล่านั้น ความกว้างคั่นกลางย่อมเพิ่มเป็นสองเท่าโดยลำดับในทุกส่วน วรรษะแรกแห่งกุศทวีปชื่อ ‘เอาทิทะ’ วรรษะที่สองชื่อ ‘เวณุมัณฑละ’”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contributes to the Mahābhārata’s sacred geography: the world is presented as an ordered structure with named regions and measured expansions. This frames human society within a larger cosmic order, implying that dharma and governance operate within a divinely patterned universe.
Sañjaya continues describing the arrangement of dvīpas and their varṣas. Here he states that the intervening breadth between regions increases twofold and names the first two varṣas of Kuśadvīpa as Audida and Veṇumaṇḍala.