तदाधारमिदं सर्वं स कालाग्निमपाश्रितः
All this rests upon him, who has taken on the form of Kālāgni.
विषज्वालामयो ऽन्ते ऽसौ जगत् संहरति स्वयम्
At the end, he, blazing with venomous flames, dissolves the world by himself.
तामसी शांभवी मूर्तिः कालो लोकप्रकालनः
The dark, Śāṃbhavī form is Time, the destroyer of worlds.
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि भूर्लोकस्यास्य निर्णयम्
Now I shall declare further the determination of this earthly world.
कुशः क्रौञ्चश्च शाकश्च पुष्करश्चैव सप्तमः
Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣkara are the seventh.
द्वीपाद् द्वीपो महानुक्तः सागरादपि सागरः
From island to island, each is said to be great, and each ocean greater than the last.
दध्योदः क्षीरसलिलः स्वादूदश्चेति सागराः
The oceans are named: Dadhyoda, the ocean of milk, and the ocean of sweet water.
द्वीपैश्च सप्तभिर्युक्ता योजनानां समासतः
These are joined by seven islands, measured in yojanas in summary.
तस्य मध्ये महामेरुर्विश्रुतः कनकप्रभः
In the midst of them stands the famed Mount Meru, shining like gold.
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः
It extends sixteen units below and thirty-two at the summit.
भूपद्मास्यास्य शैलो ऽसौ कर्णिकात्वेन संस्थितः
That mountain, with the earth-lotus as its base, stands as the pericarp.
नीलः श्वेतश्च शृङ्गी च उत्तरे वर्षपर्वताः
Nīla, Śveta, and Śṛṅgī are the northern boundary mountains.
सहस्त्रद्वितयोच्छ्रायास्तावद्विस्तारिणश्च ते
Each rises to twice a thousand in height, and they are equally broad.
हरिवर्षं तथैवान्यन्मेरोर्दक्षिणतो द्विजाः
Likewise, O twice-born, Harivarṣa lies to the south of Meru.
उत्तराः कुरवश्चैव यथैते भरतास्तथा
Just as these Bharatas, so too are the northern Kurus.
इलावृतं च तन्मध्ये तन्मध्ये मेरुरुच्छ्रितः
In the middle of that is Ilāvṛta, and in its midst rises Mount Meru.
विष्कम्भा रचिता मेरोर्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रिताः
The buttresses constructed on Meru rise to a height of ten thousand yojanas.
विपुलः पश्चिमे पार्श्वे सुपार्श्वश्चोत्तरे स्मृतः
On the western side is the vast Vipula, and on the northern, Supārśva is known.
जम्बूद्वीपस्य सा जम्बूर्नामहेतुर्महर्षयः
O great sages, the reason for the name Jambū of Jambūdvīpa is as follows.
पतन्ति भूभृतः पृष्ठे शीर्यमाणानि सर्वतः
Jambu fruits fall upon the back of the earth-supporting mountain, decaying everywhere.
सरित् प्रवर्तते चापि पीयते तत्र वासिभिः
A river arises there, and it is drunk by the inhabitants.
तत्पानात् सुस्थमनसां नराणां तत्र जायते
By drinking that, people there become of sound mind.
जाम्बूनदाख्यं भवति सुवर्णं सिद्धभूषणम्
From that, gold called Jāmbūnada is produced, fit for the adornment of the perfected.
वर्षे द्वे तु मुनिश्रेष्ठास्तयोर्मध्ये इलावृतम्
O best of sages, between those two regions lies Ilāvṛta.
वैभ्राजं पश्चिमे विद्यादुत्तरे सवितुर्वनम्
Know Vaibhrāja to be in the west, and in the north, the forest of Savitṛ.
सरांस्येतानि चत्वारि देवयोग्यानि सर्वदा
These four lakes are always fit for the gods.
वैकङ्को मणिशैलश्च ऋक्षवांश्चाचलोत्तमाः
Vaikaṅka, Maṇiśaila, and Ṛkṣavān are the foremost mountains.
इत्येते देवरचिताः सिद्धावासाः प्रकीर्तिताः
Thus these, created by the gods, are declared to be the abodes of the perfected.
त्रिकूटशिखरश्चैव पतङ्गो रुचकस्तथा
Trikūṭa, Śikhara, Pataṅga, and also Rucaka are named.
समूलो वसुधारश्च कुरवश्चैव सानुमान्
Samūla, Vasudhāra, and the Kurus, as well as Sānumān, are mentioned.