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Chapter 5

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Eighth Skandha · Chapter 5

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श्रीनारायण उवाच देवर्षे शृणु विस्तारं द्वीपवर्षविभेदतः । भूमण्डलस्य सर्वस्य यथा देवप्रकल्पितम् ॥ १ ॥ समासात्सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि नालं विस्तरतः क्वचित् । जम्बुद्वीपः प्रथमतः प्रमाणे लक्षयोजनः ॥ २ ॥ विशालो वर्तुलाकारो यथाब्जस्य च कर्णिका । नव वर्षाणि यस्मिंश्च नवसाहस्रयोजनैः ॥ ३ ॥ आयामैः परिसंख्यानि गिरिभिः परितः श्रितैः । अष्टाभिर्दीर्घरूपैश्च सुविभक्तानि सर्वतः ॥ ४ ॥ धनुर्वत्संस्थिते ज्ञेये द्वे वर्षे दक्षिणोत्तरे । दीर्घाणि तत्र चत्वारि चतुरस्रमिलावृतम् ॥ ५ ॥ इलावृतं मध्यवर्षं यन्नाभ्यां सुप्रतिष्ठितः । सौवर्णो गिरिराजोऽयं लक्षयोजनमुच्छ्रितः ॥ ६ ॥ कर्णिकारूप एवायं भूगोलकमलस्य च । मूर्ध्नि द्वात्रिंशत्सहस्रयोजनैर्विततस्त्वयम् ॥ ७ ॥ मूले षोडशसाहस्रस्तावतान्तर्गतः क्षितौ । इलावृतस्योत्तरतो नीलः श्वेतश्च शृङ्गवान् ॥ ८ ॥ त्रयो वै गिरयः प्रोक्ता मर्यादावधयस्त्रिषु । रम्यकाख्ये तथा वर्षे द्वितीये च हिरण्मये ॥ ९ ॥ कुरुवर्षे तृतीये तु मर्यादां व्यञ्जयन्ति ते । प्रागायता उभयतः क्षारोदावधयस्तथा ॥ १० ॥ द्विसहस्रपृथुतरास्तथा एकैकशः क्रमात् । पूर्वात्पूर्वाच्चोत्तरस्यां दशांशादधिकांशतः ॥ ११ ॥ दैर्घ्य एव ह्रसन्तीमे नानानदनदीयुताः । इलावृताद्दक्षिणतो निषधो हेमकूटकः ॥ १२ ॥ हिमालयश्चेति त्रयः प्राग्विस्तीर्णाः सुशोभनाः । अयुतोत्सेधभाजस्ते योजनैः परिकीर्तिताः ॥ १३ ॥ हरिवर्षं किम्पुरुषं भारतं च यथातथम् । विभागात्कथयन्त्येते मर्यादागिरयस्त्रयः ॥ १४ ॥ इलावृतात्पश्चिमतो माल्यवान्नामपर्वतः । पूर्वेण च ततः श्रीमान् गन्धमादनपर्वतः ॥ १५ ॥ आनीलनिषधं त्वेतौ चायतौ द्विसहस्रतः । योजनैः पृथुतां यातौ मर्यादाकारकौ गिरी ॥ १६ ॥ केतुमालाख्यभद्राश्ववर्षयोः प्रथितौ च तौ । मन्दरश्च तथा मेरुमन्दरश्च सुपार्श्वकः ॥ १७ ॥ कुमुदश्चेति विख्याता गिरयो मेरुपादकाः । योजनायुतविस्तारोन्नाहा मेरोश्चतुर्दिशम् ॥ १८ ॥ अवष्टम्भकरास्ते तु सर्वतोऽभिविराजिताः । एतेषु गिरिषु प्राप्ताः पादपाश्चूतजम्बुनी ॥ १९ ॥ कदम्बन्यग्रोध इति चत्वारः पर्वताः स्थिताः । केतवो गिरिराजेषु एकादशशतोच्छ्रयाः ॥ २० ॥ तावद्विटपविस्ताराः शताख्यपरिणाहिनः । चत्वारश्च ह्रदास्तेषु पयोमध्विक्षुसज्जलाः ॥ २१ ॥ यदुपस्पर्शिनो देवा योगैश्वर्याणि विन्दते । देवोद्यानानि चत्वारि भवन्ति ललनासुखाः ॥ २२ ॥ नन्दनं चैत्ररथकं वैभ्राजं सर्वभद्रकम् । येषु स्थित्वामरगणा ललनायूथसंयुताः ॥ २३ ॥ उपदेवगणैर्गीतमहिमानो महाशयाः । विहरन्ति स्वतन्त्रास्ते यथाकामं यथासुखम् ॥ २४ ॥ मन्दरोत्सङ्गसंस्थस्य देवचूतस्य मस्तकात् । एकादशशतोच्छ्रायात्फलान्यमृतभाञ्जि च ॥ २५ ॥ गिरिकूटप्रमाणानि सुस्वादूनि मृदूनि च । तेषां विशीर्यमाणानां फलानां सुरसेन च ॥ २६ ॥ अरुणोदसवर्णेन अरुणोदा प्रवर्तते । नदी रम्यजला देवदैत्यराजप्रपूजिता ॥ २७ ॥ अरुणाख्या महाराज वर्तते पापहारिणी । पूजयन्ति च तां देवीं सर्वकामफलप्रदाम् ॥ २८ ॥ नानोपहारबलिभिः कल्मषघ्न्यभयप्रदाम् । तस्याः कृपावलोकेन क्षेमारोग्यं व्रजन्ति ते ॥ २९ ॥ आद्या मायातुलानन्ता पुष्टिरीश्वरमालिनी । दुष्टनाशकरी कान्तिदायिनीति स्मृता भुवि ॥ ३० ॥ अस्याः पूजाप्रभावेण जाम्बूनदमुदावहत् ॥ ३१ ॥

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca devarṣe śṛṇu vistāraṃ dvīpavarṣavibhedataḥ | bhūmaṇḍalasya sarvasya yathā devaprakalpitam || 1 || samāsātsampravakṣyāmi nālaṃ vistarataḥ kvacit | jambudvīpaḥ prathamataḥ pramāṇe lakṣayojanaḥ || 2 || viśālo vartulākāro yathābjasya ca karṇikā | nava varṣāṇi yasmiṃśca navasāhasrayojanaiḥ || 3 || āyāmaiḥ parisaṃkhyāni giribhiḥ paritaḥ śritaiḥ | aṣṭābhirdīrgharūpaiśca suvibhaktāni sarvataḥ || 4 || dhanurvatsaṃsthite jñeye dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare | dīrghāṇi tatra catvāri caturasramilāvṛtam || 5 || ilāvṛtaṃ madhyavarṣaṃ yannābhyāṃ supratiṣṭhitaḥ | sauvarṇo girirājo'yaṃ lakṣayojanamucchritaḥ || 6 || karṇikārūpa evāyaṃ bhūgolakamalasya ca | mūrdhni dvātriṃśatsahasrayojanairvitatastvayam || 7 || mūle ṣoḍaśasāhasrastāvatāntargataḥ kṣitau | ilāvṛtasyottarato nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgavān || 8 || trayo vai girayaḥ proktā maryādāvadhayastriṣu | ramyakākhye tathā varṣe dvitīye ca hiraṇmaye || 9 || kuruvarṣe tṛtīye tu maryādāṃ vyañjayanti te | prāgāyatā ubhayataḥ kṣārodāvadhayastathā || 10 || dvisahasrapṛthutarāstathā ekaikaśaḥ kramāt | pūrvātpūrvāccottarasyāṃ daśāṃśādadhikāṃśataḥ || 11 || dairghya eva hrasantīme nānānadanadīyutāḥ | ilāvṛtāddakṣiṇato niṣadho hemakūṭakaḥ || 12 || himālayaśceti trayaḥ prāgvistīrṇāḥ suśobhanāḥ | ayutotsedhabhājaste yojanaiḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 13 || harivarṣaṃ kimpuruṣaṃ bhārataṃ ca yathātatham | vibhāgātkathayantyete maryādāgirayastrayaḥ || 14 || ilāvṛtātpaścimato mālyavānnāmaparvataḥ | pūrveṇa ca tataḥ śrīmān gandhamādanaparvataḥ || 15 || ānīlaniṣadhaṃ tvetau cāyatau dvisahasrataḥ | yojanaiḥ pṛthutāṃ yātau maryādākārakau girī || 16 || ketumālākhyabhadrāśvavarṣayoḥ prathitau ca tau | mandaraśca tathā merumandaraśca supārśvakaḥ || 17 || kumudaśceti vikhyātā girayo merupādakāḥ | yojanāyutavistāronnāhā meroścaturdiśam || 18 || avaṣṭambhakarāste tu sarvato'bhivirājitāḥ | eteṣu giriṣu prāptāḥ pādapāścūtajambunī || 19 || kadambanyagrodha iti catvāraḥ parvatāḥ sthitāḥ | ketavo girirājeṣu ekādaśaśatocchrayāḥ || 20 || tāvadviṭapavistārāḥ śatākhyapariṇāhinaḥ | catvāraśca hradāsteṣu payomadhvikṣusajjalāḥ || 21 || yadupasparśino devā yogaiśvaryāṇi vindate | devodyānāni catvāri bhavanti lalanāsukhāḥ || 22 || nandanaṃ caitrarathakaṃ vaibhrājaṃ sarvabhadrakam | yeṣu sthitvāmaragaṇā lalanāyūthasaṃyutāḥ || 23 || upadevagaṇairgītamahimāno mahāśayāḥ | viharanti svatantrāste yathākāmaṃ yathāsukham || 24 || mandarotsaṅgasaṃsthasya devacūtasya mastakāt | ekādaśaśatocchrāyātphalānyamṛtabhāñji ca || 25 || girikūṭapramāṇāni susvādūni mṛdūni ca | teṣāṃ viśīryamāṇānāṃ phalānāṃ surasena ca || 26 || aruṇodasavarṇena aruṇodā pravartate | nadī ramyajalā devadaityarājaprapūjitā || 27 || aruṇākhyā mahārāja vartate pāpahāriṇī | pūjayanti ca tāṃ devīṃ sarvakāmaphalapradām || 28 || nānopahārabalibhiḥ kalmaṣaghnyabhayapradām | tasyāḥ kṛpāvalokena kṣemārogyaṃ vrajanti te || 29 || ādyā māyātulānantā puṣṭirīśvaramālinī | duṣṭanāśakarī kāntidāyinīti smṛtā bhuvi || 30 || asyāḥ pūjāprabhāveṇa jāmbūnadamudāvahat || 31 ||

English translation

1-31. S'n Narayana said O Child Narada! Now hear in detail about the divisions of the earth into the DvTpas and the Varsas as marked out by the Devas. In brief, I describe about them; no one can speak about this in details. First, the Jambu Dvipa is one lakh Yoyanas in its dimensions. This Jambu DvTpa is round like a lotus. There are nine Varsas in it and excepting the Bhadras'va and Ketumala, each is nine thousand Yoyanas in its dimensions (i.e., in its diameter or circumference?) and there are eight very lofty mountains, in those Varsas, forming their boundaries. Of the Varsas, the two Varsas that are situated in the North and South, are of the size of a bow (segmental); and the four others are elongated in their size. The centre of all these Varsas is named Navrita Varsa and its size is rectangular. In the centre of this Navarsa is situated the golden Sumeru Mountain, the King of all the mountains, one lakh Yoyanas high. It forms the pericarp of the lotus earth. The top of this mountain is thirty Yoyanas wide. O Child! The sixteen thousand Yoyanas of this mountain is under the ground and the eighty four Yoyanas are visible outside. In the north of this Navarsa are the three mountains the Nilagiri, the SVetagiri and the S'ringavau, forming the boundaries respectively of the three Varsas named Ramyaka, Hiranmaya and Kuru respectively. These run along from the east and gradually extend at their base and towards the salt ocean (Lavana Samudra).

These three mountains, that form the boundaries, are each two thousand Yoyanas wide. The length of each from the east towards north is less by one-tenth (1/10) of the above dimensions. Many rivers take their source and flow from them. On the south of Navarsa three beautiful mountain ranges, named Nisadha, Hemakuta, and

Himalayas, are situated, extending from the east. They are each one Ayuta Yoyanas high. These three mountains form the boundaries again of Kimpurusa and Bharata Varsa.

To the west of Mvrita is situated the mountain called Malyavan and to the east are situated the mountains Gandhamadan, Nila, and Nisadha, the centres of the highest sublime grandeur and beauty. The length and breadth of these the boundary (limiting) mountains are each two thousand Yoyanas. Then the mountains Mandara, SuparsVak, and Kumuda and others are situated in the Ketumala and Bhadras'va Varsas; but these all are reckoned as the Pada Parvatas (mountains at the foot) of the Sumeru mountain. The height and breadth of each of these is one Ayuta Yoyanas. These form the pillars, as it were, of Meru on the four sides. On these mountains, the mangoe, the jack, plantain, and the fig trees and various others are situated, four hundred (400) Yoyanas wide and eleven hundred (1,100) Yoyanas high; they seem to extend to the Heavens and form, as it were, the flagstaffs on the top. The roots, bases of these trees as well as their branches are wonderfully equally thick and extend to enormous distances. On those mountain tops are situated again, the four very capacious lakes. Of these, one lake is all milk; the other lake is all honey; the third lake is all sugarcane juice and the fourth lake is all sweet water. There are, then, again the four very lovely gardens named Nandana, Chaitrarath, Vaibhrajaka, and Sarvatobhadra, very lovely, enchanting and pleasing to the delicate female sex and where the Devas enjoy the wealth and prosperity and their other Yogic powers. Here the Devas live always with numerous hordes of women and have their free amorous, dealings with them, to their heart's contents and they hear the sweet songs sung by the Gandharbas and Kinnaras, the Upa Devatas about their own glorious deeds. On the top of the Mandara mountain, there are the Heavenly mangoe trees eleven hundred Yoyanas high; the sweet delicious nectarlike mangoe fruits, very soft and each of the size as the summit of a mountain, fall to the ground; and out of their juices of

a colour of the rising sun, a great river named Arunoda takes her origin. Here the Devas always worship the great Devi Bhagavati named Aruna, the Destructrix of all sins, the Grantrix of all desires, and the Bestower of all fearlessness with various offerings and with the lovely water of this Arunoda river, with great devotion. O Child! In ancient days, the King of the Daityas worshipped always this Maha Maya Aruna Devi (and obtained immense wealth and prosperity). He who worships Her becomes cured of all diseases, gets his health and other happiness by Her grace. Therefore She is named Adya, Maya, Atula, Ananta, Pusti, IsVaramalini, the Destroyer of the wicked and the Giver of lustre and beauty and thus remembered on this capacious earth. The river Jambunada has come out, as a result of Her worship, containing divine gold.

Here ends the Fifth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the description of the receptacle of beings and on the mountains and on the origin of rivers in the Maha Puranam S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 23835, revision 73377 (2016-07-03T03:08:33Z). English is Swami Vijñanananda’s complete 1921–23 public-domain translation, controlled against the archival OCR and its chapter page at https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk08ch05.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.