Shloka 32
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
षष्टिं वर्षमहस्राणि षष्टिमेव शतानि च । आदित्यतापतप्तास्ते विशन्ति शशिमण्डलम्,वे छाछठ हजार वर्षोतक ही सूर्यदेवके तापमें तपकर अन्तमें चन्द्रमण्डलमें प्रवेश कर जाते हैं
ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭim eva śatāni ca | āditya-tāpa-taptās te viśanti śaśi-maṇḍalam ||
三阇耶说道：“他们被太阳的热力灼炼六万年，又六百年（六万六千年），最终进入月轮之中。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that higher states are reached through prolonged, law-governed endurance—an image of karmic maturation and purification (tāpa) before attaining a calmer realm (the Moon).
Sañjaya describes a cosmic process: certain beings, after immense periods exposed to the Sun’s scorching heat, are said to enter the lunar sphere, illustrating the ordered movement of beings through celestial stations.