Shloka 13
Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana
Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa
चतुर्थ: पुष्पवान् नाम पञ्चमस्तु कुशेशय: । षष्ठो हरिगिरिराम षडेते पर्वतोत्तमा:
caturthaḥ puṣpavān nāma pañcamas tu kuśeśayaḥ | ṣaṣṭho harigirirāma ṣaḍete parvatottamāḥ | tṛtīyaṃ surathākāraṃ caturthaṃ kambalaṃ smṛtam | dhṛtimat pañcamaṃ varṣa ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣa prabhākaram |
三阇耶说道：“其中，第四名为‘普湿婆梵’（Puṣpavān），第五名为‘俱舍舍耶’（Kuśeśaya），第六名为‘诃利吉利罗摩’（Harigiri-rāma）——此六山皆以卓绝著称。同样，第三分域被记为‘苏罗他迦罗’（Surathākāra），第四为‘甘婆罗’（Kambala），第五为‘持忍’（Dhṛtimat），第六分域名为‘普罗婆迦罗’（Prabhākara）。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive: it models the epic’s concern for ordered knowledge—naming and classifying mountains and regions—supporting the larger narrative by situating events within a vast, structured world.
Sañjaya continues an enumeration, listing the names of certain ‘excellent mountains’ and then naming successive varṣas (regions), giving a catalog-like geographical/cosmographical description within Bhīṣma Parva.