कीर्त्तयन्पुण्यकीर्त्तीनां महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
By praising those of virtuous fame, one attains great accomplishment.
तुल्याभिमानिनः सर्वे जायन्ते नामरूपतः
All are born with equal pride, each with their own name and form.
ऋषयो मनवश्चैव सर्वे तुल्यप्रयोजनाः
The seers and Manus too, all have similar purposes.
विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च कीर्त्य मानं निबोधत
Now hear in detail and order the measure of their fame.
यैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना
By whom this entire earth, with its seven continents and cities, is possessed.
स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे पूर्वमाद्ये त्रेतायुगे तथा
In the interval of Svāyambhuva, formerly, and likewise in the first Tretā Yuga.
प्रजा सत्त्वतपोयुक्तैस्तैरियं विनिवेशिता
The people were established by those endowed with goodness and austerity.
कन्या सा तु महाभाग कर्दमस्य प्रजा पतेः
That blessed maiden became the daughter of Kardama, the lord of creatures.
तयोर्वै भ्रातरः शूराः प्रजापतिसमा दश
From them were born ten heroic brothers, equal to Prajāpati.
ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमान्हव्यः सवनः सभ्र एव च
Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Savana, and Sābhra as well.
द्वीपेषु तेषु धर्मेण द्वीपान्ताश्च निबोधत
On those islands, by righteousness, and the boundaries of the islands—listen.
प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरश्चापि तेन मेधातिथिः कृतः
There, Medhātithi was made lord of Plakṣa Island.
ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशद्वीपे राजानं कृतवान्प्रभुः
The lord appointed Jyotiṣmān as king of Kuśa Island.
शाकद्वीपेश्वरं चापि हव्यं चक्रे प्रियव्रतः
Priyavrata made Havya the lord of Śāka Island.
पुष्करे सवनस्याथ महावीतः सुतो ऽभवत्
On Puṣkara, Savanā's son Mahāvīta was born.
महावीतं स्मृतं वर्षं तस्य नाम्ना महात्मनः
That region is remembered as Mahāvīta, after the name of that great soul.
हव्यो व्यजनयत्पुत्राञ् शाकद्वीपेश्वराञ् प्रभुः
Havya, the lord of Śāka Island, begot sons.
कुसुमोत्तरमोदाकौ सप्तमं च महाद्रुगम्
Kusumottara, Modāka, and the seventh, Mahādruga.
कुमारस्य तु कौमारं द्वितीयं परिकीर्तितम्
Of Kumāra, Kaumāra is said to be the second.
मणीवस्य चतुर्थं तु मणीवकमिहोच्यते
Of Maṇīva, the fourth is called Maṇīvaka here.
मोदकस्यापि मोदाकं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रकीर्त्तितम्
Of Modāka, Modāka is known as the sixth region.
तेषां तु नामभिस्तानि सप्त वर्षाणि तत्र वै
There, those seven regions are named after them.
कुशलो मनोनुगस्छोष्णः पावनश्चान्धकारकः
Kuśala, Manonuga, Śoṣṇa, Pāvana, and Andhakāraka.
तेषां स्वनामभिर्देशाः क्रैञ्चद्वीपाश्रयाः शुभाः
Their lands, auspicious and belonging to Krauñca Island, are named after them.
देशो मनोनुगस्यापि मानोनुगे इते स्मृतः
A region that follows the mind is called 'manonuga', and one that follows pride is called 'mānonuga'.
अन्धकारस्य देशस्तु आन्धकारः प्रकीर्त्तितः
The region of darkness is known as 'Āndhakāra'.
एते जनपदाः सप्त क्रैञ्चद्वीपे तु भास्वराः
These are the seven illustrious countries on the Krauncha continent.
उद्भिज्जो वेणुमांश्चैव वैरथो लवणो धृतिः
Udbhijja, Veṇumāna, Vairatha, Lavaṇa, and Dhṛti are named.
उद्भिज्जं प्रथमं वर्षं द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम्
Udbhijja is the first region, and Veṇumaṇḍala is the second.
पञ्चमं धृतिमद्वर्षं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रभाकरम्
Dhṛtimat is the fifth region, and Prabhākara is the sixth.