दत्त्वा धर्माय तं मन्त्रं सिद्धिज्ञानं तदेव च
Having given that mantra for righteousness, he also bestowed knowledge of accomplishments.
एवं कुबेरादिभ्यस्तु दत्त्वा मन्त्रादिकं परम् 1.6.
In this way, he gave the supreme mantras and the like to Kubera and the others.
श्रीभगवानुवाच सृष्टिं कुरु महाभाग विधे नानाविधां पराम्
The Blessed Lord said: Create, O greatly fortunate one, the supreme and various creation, O Vidhi.
इत्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मणे कृष्णो ददौ मालां मनोरमाम्
Having spoken thus to Brahma, Krishna gave him a beautiful garland.
सौतिरुवाच ससृजे पृथिवीमादौ मधुकैटभमेदसा
Sauti said: In the beginning, he created the earth from the fat of Madhu and Kaitabha.
ससृजे पर्वतानष्टौ प्रधानान्सुमनोहरान्
He created eight principal and delightful mountains.
सुमेरुं चैव कैलासं मलयं च हिमालयम्
Namely Sumeru, Kailasa, Malaya, and Himalaya,
समुद्रान्ससृजे सप्त नदान्कतिविधा नदीः
He created the seven oceans and rivers of various kinds.
लवणेक्षुसुरासर्पिर्दधिदुग्धजलार्णवान्
The oceans of salt, sugarcane juice, wine, clarified butter, curds, milk, and water.
सप्तद्वीपांश्च तद्भूमिमण्डले कमलाकृते
And the seven continents on that lotus-shaped earth.
निबोध विप्र द्वीपाख्यां पुरा या विधिना कृता
O Brahmin, listen to the account of the land called Dvīpa, which was formerly created according to the ordinance.
मेरोरष्टसु शृङ्गेषु ससृजेऽष्टौ पुरी प्रभुः
The Lord created eight cities upon the eight peaks of Meru.
मूलेऽनन्तस्य नगरीं निर्माय जगतां पतिः
At the base of Ananta, the Lord of the worlds constructed a city.
भूर्लोकं च भुवर्लोकं स्वर्लोकं सुमनोहरम् 1.7.
He made Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, and the exceedingly delightful Svarloka.
शृङ्गमूर्ध्नि ब्रह्मलोकं जरादिपरिवर्जितम्
On the summit of the peak is Brahmaloka, free from old age and the like.
तदधः सप्त पातालान्निर्ममे जगदीश्वरः
Beneath that, the Lord of the universe fashioned the seven Pātālas.
अतलं वितलं चैव सुतलं च तलातलम्
Atala, Vitala, and likewise Sutala, as well as Talātala.
सप्तद्वीपैः सप्तनाकैः सप्तपातालसंज्ञकैः
With the seven continents, the seven heavens, and those known as the seven Pātālas.
एवञ्चासंख्यब्रह्माण्डं सर्वं कृत्रिममेव च
Thus, the entire countless universe is indeed artificial.
प्रतिविश्वेषु दिक्पाला ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
In each universe, the guardians of the directions are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara.
ब्राह्माण्डगणनां कर्तुं न क्षमो जगतां पतिः
The Lord of the worlds is not able to count the multitude of universes.
संख्यातुमीश्वरः शक्तो न संख्यातुं तथापि सः
Though the Lord is capable of reckoning, even so, He cannot enumerate them.
कृत्रिमाणि च विश्वानि विश्वस्थानि च यानि च
And those worlds which are artificial, and those which are established in the universe.
वैकुण्ठः शिवलोकश्च गोलोकश्च तयोः परः 1.7.
Vaikuṇṭha, Śivaloka, and Goloka—Goloka is superior to those two.
सौतिरुवाच चकार वीर्य्याधानं च कामुक्यां कामुको यथा
Sauti said: The passionate one deposited his seed in Kāmuḳī, as is the way of desire.
सा दिव्यं शतवर्षं च धृत्वा गर्भं सुदुस्सहम्
She bore that divine and exceedingly difficult embryo for a hundred years.
विविधाञ्शास्त्रसंघांश्च तर्कव्याकरणादिकान्
And various collections of treatises, including logic, grammar, and others.
षड्रागान्सुन्दरांश्चैव नानाताल समन्वितान्
And the six delightful rāgas, each endowed with various rhythms.
वर्षमासमृतुं चैव तिथिं दण्डक्षणादिकम्
The year, month, season, lunar day, and also the divisions of time such as daṇḍa and kṣaṇa,
पुष्टिं च देवसेनां च मेधां च विजयां जयाम्
Nourishment, the army of the gods, intelligence, victory, and triumph,