इदं पुण्यमिदं रम्यं पावनं धर्म्यमुत्तमम्
This is holy, delightful, purifying, and supremely righteous.
अत्राधीत्य द्विजो ऽध्यायं निर्मलत्वमवाप्नुयात्
A twice-born who studies a chapter here attains purity.
जातिस्मरित्वं लभते नाकपृष्ठे च मोदते
He gains remembrance of his birth and rejoices in the highest heaven.
स्नाहि तीर्थेषु कौरव्य न च वक्रमतिर्भव
Bathe at the sacred places, O Kauravya, and let your mind not be crooked.
तीर्तानि कथयामास पृथिव्यां यानि कानिचित्
He described the sacred places that exist on earth.
पृष्टः प्रोवाच सकलमुक्त्वाथ प्रययो मुनिः
Having been questioned, the sage spoke everything and then departed.
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
He is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Rudra.
पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं सूतं पृथिव्यादिविनिर्णयम्
They questioned Sūta Uttara about the determination of the earth and so on.
इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामस्त्रिलोकस्यास्य मण्डलम्
Now we wish to hear about the sphere of these three worlds.
वनानि सरितः सूर्यग्रहाणां स्थितिरेव च
The forests, the rivers, and the positions of the sun and planets as well.
नृपाणां तत्समासेन सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि
O Sūta, you ought to speak here concisely about the kings.
नमस्कृत्वाप्रमेयाय यदुक्तं तेन धीमता
Having bowed to the immeasurable one, what was spoken by that wise one—
पुत्रस्तस्याभवन् पुत्राः प्रजापतिसमा दश
He had sons, ten sons equal to Prajāpati.
मेधा मेधातिथिर्हव्यः सवनः पुत्र एव च
Medhā, Medhātithi, Havya, Savana were also his sons.
धार्मिको दाननिरतः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः
Righteous, devoted to giving, compassionate to all beings.
जातिस्मरा महाभागा न राज्ये दधिरे मतिम्
Blessed with great fortune and remembering their past births, they did not set their minds on the kingdom.
जम्बुद्वीपेश्वरं पुत्रमग्नीध्रमकरोन्नृपः
The king appointed his son Agnīdhra as lord of Jambūdvīpa.
शाल्मलेशं वपुष्मन्तं नरेन्द्रमभिषिक्तवान्
He anointed Vapuṣmat, lord of Śālmaladvīpa, as king.
द्युतिमन्तं च राजानं क्रौञ्चद्वीपे समादिशत्
And he assigned Dyutimat as king in Krauñcadvīpa.
पुष्कराधिपतिं चक्रे सवनं च प्रजापतिः
He made Savana the lord of Puṣkara, the lord of creatures.
धातिकिश्चैव द्वावेतौ पुत्रौ पुत्रवतां वरौ
Dhāti and Kiśa—these two, the best among sons, were also his sons.
नाम्ना तु धातकेश्चापि धातकीखण्डमुच्यते
By name, the region of Dhātaki is also called Dhātakīkhaṇḍa.
कुसुमोत्तरो ऽथ मोदाकिः सप्तमः स्यान्महाद्रुमः
Kusumottara and then Modāki—the seventh is Mahādruma.
कुमारस्य तु कौमारं तृतीयं सुकुमारकम्
Of Kumāra, the third son is called Sukumāra.
मोदाकं षष्ठमित्युक्तं सप्तमं तु महाद्रुमम्
The sixth is called Modāka, and the seventh is the great tree.
कुशलः प्रथमस्तेषां द्वितीयस्तु मनोहरः
Among them, the first is skilled, and the second is delightful.
तेषां स्वनामभिर्देशाः क्रौञ्चद्वीपाश्रयाः शुभाः
Their auspicious regions in the Krauncha continent are known by their own names.
षष्ठः प्रभाकारश्चापि सप्तमः कपिलः स्मृतः
The sixth is also called Prabhākāra, and the seventh is known as Kapila.
ज्ञेयानि सप्त तान्येषु द्वीपेष्वेवं न यो मतः
These seven are to be understood in these islands; not any other is considered.
वैद्युतौ मानसश्चैव सप्तमः सुप्रभो मतः
Vaidhyuta and Mānasa, and the seventh is known as Suprabha.