ककुदः सुप्रदं नाम सप्तैतानि तु सप्तधा
Kakuda is named Suprada; these seven are indeed divided sevenfold.
ज्योतिः शान्तिस्तथा तुष्टा चन्द्रा शुक्रा विमोचनी
Jyotiḥ, Śānti, Tuṣṭā, Candra, Śukra, Vimocanī—
तासां समीपगाश्चान्याः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
Near them are others, by the hundreds and thousands.
इत्येष संनिवेशो वः शाल्मलस्य प्रकीर्त्तितः
Thus this arrangement of Śālmalī has been described for you.
शाल्मलिर्विपुलस्कन्धस्तस्य नाम्ना स उच्यते
Śālmalī, with its broad trunk, is so called by name.
विस्तराच्छाल्मलस्वैव समे न तु समन्ततः
In extent, Śālmalī itself is equal, but not all around.
यथाश्रुतं यथान्यायं ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
Listen to me as I speak, as heard and as is proper.
सुरोदकः परिवृतः कुशद्वीपेन सर्वतः
Surodaka is surrounded on all sides by the Kuśa island.
सप्तैव च गिरींस्तत्र वर्ण्यमानान्निबोधत
There too are seven mountains; listen as they are described.
द्वीपस्य प्रथमस्तस्य द्वितीयो हेमपर्वतः
The first of that island, the second is the Hemaparvata.
चतुर्थः पुष्पवान्नाम पञ्चमस्तु कुशेशयः
The fourth is called Puṣpavān, and the fifth is Kuśeśaya.
मन्दा इति ह्यपा नाम मन्दरो दारणादयम्
Mandā is the name of the waters; Mandara is the mountain, beginning with Dāraṇa.
उद्भिदं प्रथमं वर्षं द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम्
The first region is Udbhida, the second is Veṇumaṇḍala.
पञ्चमं धृतिमद्वर्षं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रभाकरम्
The fifth region is Dhṛtimat, the sixth is called Prabhākara.
एतेषु देवगन्धर्वाः प्रजास्तु जगदीश्वराः
In these dwell the gods, Gandharvas, peoples, and lords of the world.
न तेषु दस्यवः संति म्लेच्छ जातय एव च
There, neither robbers nor foreign-born peoples are found.
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव धूतपापाशिवा तथा
There too are seven rivers, pure, sinless, and auspicious.
अन्यास्ताभ्यो ऽपरिज्ञाताः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
Besides these, there are countless others, hundreds and thousands, unknown.
घृतोदेन कुशद्वीपो बाह्यतः परिवारितः
Kuśadvīpa is surrounded on the outside by an ocean of clarified butter.
इत्येष सन्निवेशो वः कुशद्वीपस्य कीर्त्तितः
Thus the arrangement of Kuśadvīpa has been described to you.
कुशद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद्द्विगुणः स तु वै स्मृतः
Kuśadvīpa is said to be twice as wide as the previous one.
तस्मिन्द्वीपे नगश्रेष्ठः क्रैञ्चस्तु प्रथमो गिरिः
In that continent, the foremost mountain is Kraiñca.
अन्धकारात्परश्चापि दिवावृन्नाम पर्वतः
Beyond Andhakāra is the mountain called Divāvṛn.
द्विविदात्परतश्चापि पुण्डरीको महागिरिः
Beyond Dvivida is Puṇḍarīka, the great mountain.
एते रत्नमयाः सप्त क्रैञ्चद्वीपस्य पर्वताः
These are the seven jewel-encrusted mountains of Kraiñcadvīpa.
परस्परेण द्विगुणा विस्तृता हर्षवर्द्धनाः
Each is twice as wide as the previous, and they increase delight.
क्रैञ्चस्य कुशलो देशो वामनस्य मनोनुगः
The land of Kraiñca is skillful, and that of Vāmana is pleasing to the mind.
उष्णात्परः पीवरकः पीवरादन्धकारकः
Beyond Uṣṇa is Pīvaraka, and beyond Pīvara is Andhakāraka.
मुनिदेशात्परश्चैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वनः
Beyond the land of the sages is said to be Dundubhisvana.
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव प्रतिवर्ष स्मृताः शुभाः
There too are seven rivers, each auspicious and renowned in every region.