इत्येते पर्वताः सप्त कुशद्वीपे प्रभाषिताः तेषां वर्षाणि वक्ष्यामि सप्तैव तु विभागशः
Thus these seven mountains in Kuśadvīpa have been described; I will now speak of their seven regions, each separately.
कुमुदस्य स्मृतः श्वेत उन्नतश्चेव स स्मृतः उन्नतस्य तु विज्ञेयं वर्षं लोहितसंज्ञकम्
Kumuda's region is called Śveta, and Unnata's region is likewise named; Unnata's region is known as Lohita.
वेणुमण्डलकं चैव तथैव परिकीर्तितम् बलाहकस्य जीमूतः स्वैरथाकारमित्यपि
Veṇumaṇḍalaka is also so named; Balāhaka's region is Jīmūta, which is said to have its own form.
द्रोणस्य हरिकं नाम लवणं च पुनः स्मृतम् कङ्कस्यापि ककुन् नाम धृतिमच्चैव तत्स्मृतम्
Droṇa's region is called Harika, and Lavaṇa is remembered again; Kaṅka's region is Kakun, and it is also called Dhṛtimat.
महिषं महिषस्यापि पुनश्चापि प्रभाकरम् ककुद्मिनस्तु तद्वर्षं कपिलं नाम विश्रुतम्
Mahiṣa's region is called Mahiṣa, and again Prabhākara; Kakudmin's region is renowned as Kapila.
एतान्यपि विशिष्टानि सप्त सप्त पृथक्पृथक् वर्षाणि पर्वताश्चैव नदीस्तेषु निबोधत
These, too, are distinguished—seven regions and seven mountains, each separate; learn also of the rivers among them.
तत्रापि नद्यः सप्तैव प्रतिवर्षं हि ताः स्मृताः द्विनामवत्यस्ताः सर्वाः सर्वाः पुण्यजलाः स्मृताः
There, too, seven rivers are remembered for each region; all are known by two names and all are considered holy waters.
धूतपापा नदी नाम योनिश्चैव पुनः स्मृता सीता द्वितीया विज्ञेया सा चैव हि निशा स्मृता
Dhūtapāpā is the name of one river, and Yoni is remembered again; Sītā is known as the second, and she is also called Niśā.
पवित्रा तृतीया विज्ञेया वितृष्णापि च या पुनः चतुर्थी ह्लादिनीत्युक्ता चन्द्रभा इति च स्मृता
Pavitrā is known as the third, and Vitṛṣṇā is another; the fourth is called Hlādinī, and also remembered as Candrabhā.
विद्युच्च पञ्चमी प्रोक्ता शुक्ला चैव विभाव्यते पुण्ड्रा षष्ठी तु विज्ञेया पुनश्चैव विभावरी
Vidyucca is spoken of as the fifth, and Śuklā is also recognized; Puṇḍrā is known as the sixth, and again as Vibhāvarī.
महती सप्तमी प्रोक्ता पुनश्चैषा धृतिः स्मृता अन्यास्ताभ्यो ऽपि संजाताः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
Mahatī is spoken of as the seventh, and this is also called Dhṛti; from these, hundreds and thousands of other rivers arise.
अभिगच्छन्ति ता नद्यो यतो वर्षति वासवः इत्येष संनिवेशो वः कुशद्वीपस्य वर्णितः
Those rivers flow to where Indra rains; thus the arrangement of Kuśadvīpa has been described for you.
शाकद्वीपेन विस्तारः प्रोक्तस्तस्य सनातनः कुशद्वीपः समुद्रेण घृतमण्डोदकेन च
The extent of Śākadvīpa has been declared, which is eternal; Kuśadvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of clarified butter and water.
सर्वतः सुमहान्द्वीपश् चन्द्रवत्परिवेष्टितः विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्चैव क्षीरोदाद्द्विगुणो मतः
All around, the great island is encircled like the moon; in breadth and circumference, it is considered twice the size of the milk ocean.
ततः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि क्रौञ्चद्वीपं यथा तथा कुशद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद् द्विगुणस्तस्य विस्तरः
Next, I shall describe Krauñca-dvīpa; its extent is twice that of Kuśa-dvīpa.
घृतोदकः समुद्रो वै क्रौञ्चद्वीपेन संवृतः चक्रनेमिप्रमाणेन वृतो वृत्तेन सर्वशः
The ocean of clarified butter and water surrounds Krauñca-dvīpa, encircling it completely in the shape and measure of a wheel's rim.
तस्मिन्द्वीपे नगाः श्रेष्ठा देवनो गिरिरुच्यते देवनात्परतश्चापि गोविन्दो नाम पर्वतः
In that dvīpa, the foremost mountains are found; Devana is named as a mountain, and beyond Devana is Govinda, another mountain.
गोविन्दात्परतश्चापि क्रौञ्चस्तु प्रथमो गिरिः क्रौञ्चात्परे पावनकः पावनादन्धकारकः
Beyond Govinda is Krauñca, the first mountain; beyond Krauñca is Pāvanaka, and beyond Pāvanaka is Andhakāraka.
अन्धकारात्परे चापि देवावृन् नाम पर्वतः देवावृतः परेणापि पुण्डरीको महान्गिरिः
Beyond Andhakāraka is Devāvṛt, a mountain by name; and beyond Devāvṛt is Puṇḍarīka, the great mountain.
एते रत्नमयाः सप्त क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य पर्वताः परस्परस्य द्विगुणो विष्कम्भो वर्षपर्वतः
These seven mountains of Krauñca-dvīpa are made of gems; each varṣa-mountain is twice the breadth of the previous.
वर्षाणि तस्य वक्ष्यामि नामतस्तु निबोधत क्रौञ्चस्य कुशलो देशो वामनस्य मनोनुगः
I shall now tell you the names of its regions; listen: Krauñca's region is Kuśala, and Vāmana's is Manonuga.
मनोनुगात्परे चोष्णास् तृतीयो ऽपि स उच्यते उष्णात्परे पावनकः पावनादन्धकारकः
Beyond Manonuga is Uṣṇa, the third region so called; beyond Uṣṇa is Pāvanaka, and beyond Pāvanaka is Andhakāraka.
अन्धकारकदेशात्तु मुनिदेशस्तथा परः मुनिदेशात्परे चापि प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वनः
From Andhakāraka's region is Munideśa, and beyond Munideśa is Dundubhisvana, so it is said.
सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो गौरप्रायः शुचिर्जनः श्रुतास्तत्रैव नद्यस्तु प्रतिवर्षं गताः शुभाः
There, the people are pure, mostly fair, mingled with Siddhas and Cāraṇas; the rivers heard of there are auspicious, flowing through each region.
गौरी कुमुद्वती चैव संध्या रात्रिर्मनोजवा ख्याती च पुण्डरीका च गङ्गा सप्तविधा स्मृता
Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Saṃdhyā, Rātri, Manojavā, Khyātī, and Puṇḍarīkā, as well as Gaṅgā, are remembered as sevenfold.
तासां सहस्रशश्चान्या नद्यः पार्श्वसमीपगाः अभिगच्छन्ति ता नद्यो बहुलाश्च बहूदकाः
Thousands of other rivers flow nearby and along their banks; these rivers are numerous and abundant in water.
तेषां निसर्गो देशानाम् आनुपूर्व्येण सर्वशः न शक्यो विस्तराद्वक्तुम् अपि वर्षशतैरपि
The nature of these regions, in all their succession, cannot be fully described even in hundreds of years.
सर्गो यश्च प्रजानां तु संहारो यश्च तेषु वै अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शाल्मलस्य निबोधत
The creation and destruction of beings there—now I shall tell you further, listen about Śālmalī.
शाल्मलो द्विगुणो द्वीपः क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्य विस्तरात् परिवार्य समुद्रं तु दधिमण्डोदकं स्थितः
Śālmalī-dvīpa is twice the extent of Krauñca-dvīpa, and it is surrounded by the ocean of curd and water.
तत्र पुण्या जनपदाश् चिराच्च म्रियते जनः कुत एव तु दुर्भिक्षं क्षमातेजोयुता हि ते
There, the settlements are virtuous; people die only after a long time, and famine never occurs, for they are endowed with the strength of earth and energy.