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Chapter 13

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नारद उवाच शिष्टद्वीपप्रमाणं च वद सर्वार्थदर्शन । येन विज्ञातमात्रेण परानन्दमयो भवेत् ॥ १ ॥ श्रीरानारायण उवाच कुशद्वीपस्य परितो घृतोदावरणं महत् । ततो बहिः क्रौंचद्वीपो द्विगुणः स्यात्स्वमानतः ॥ २ ॥ क्षीरोदेनावृतो भाति यस्मिन्क्रौंचाद्रिरस्ति च । नामनिर्वर्तकः सोऽयं द्वीपस्य परिवर्तते ॥ ३ ॥ योऽसौ गुहस्य शक्त्या च भिन्नकुक्षिः पुराभवत् । क्षीरोदेनासिच्यमानो वरुणेन च रक्षितः ॥ ४ ॥ घृतपृष्ठो नाम यस्य विभाति किल नायकः । प्रियव्रतात्मजः श्रीमान् सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः ॥ ५ ॥ स्वद्वीपं तु विभज्यैव सप्तधा स्वात्मजान्ददौ । पुत्रनामसु वर्षेषु वर्षपान्सन्निवेशयन् ॥ ६ ॥ स्वयं भगवतस्तस्य शरणं सञ्जगाम ह । आमो मधुरुहश्चैव मेघपृष्ठः सुधामकः ॥ ७ ॥ भ्राजिष्ठो लोहितार्णश्च वनस्पतिरितीव च । नगा नद्यश्च सप्तैव विख्याता भुवि सर्वतः ॥ ८ ॥ शुक्लो वै वर्धमानश्च भोजनश्चोपबर्हणः । नन्दश्च नन्दनः सर्वतोभद्र इति कीर्तिताः ॥ ९ ॥ अभया अमृतौघा चार्यका तीर्थवतीति च । वृत्तिरूपवती शुक्ला पवित्रवतिका तथा ॥ १० ॥ एतासामुदकं पुण्यं चातुर्वर्ण्येन पीयते । पुरुषऋषभौ तद्वद्‌ द्रविणाख्यश्च देवकः ॥ ११ ॥ एते चतुर्वर्णजाताः पुरुषा निवसन्ति हि । तत्रत्याः पुरुषा आपोमयं देवमपां पतिम् ॥ १२ ॥ पूर्णेनाञ्जलिना भक्त्या यजन्ते विविधक्रियाः । आपः पुरुषवीर्याः स्थ पुनन्तीर्भूर्भुवः स्वरः ॥ १३ ॥ ता नः पुनीतामीवघ्नीः स्पृशतामात्मना भुवः । इति मन्त्रजपान्ते च स्तुवन्ति विविधैः स्तवैः ॥ १४ ॥ एवं परस्तात्क्षीरोदात्परितश्चोपवेशितः । द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षसंख्याकयोजनायाममाश्रितः ॥ १५ ॥ स्वमानेन च द्वीपोऽयं दधिमण्डोदकेन च । शाकद्वीपो विशिष्टोऽयं यस्मिच्छाको महीरुहः ॥ १६ ॥ स्वक्षेत्रव्यपदेशस्य कारणं स हि नारद । प्रैयव्रतोऽधिपस्तस्य मेधातिथिरिति स्मृतः ॥ १७ ॥ विभज्य सप्त वर्षाणि पुत्रनामानि तेषु च । सप्त पुत्रान्निजान् स्थाप्य स्वयं योगगतिं गतः ॥ १८ ॥ पुरोजवो मनःपूर्वजवोऽथ पवमानकः । धूम्रानीकश्चित्ररेफो बहुरूपोऽथ विश्वधृक् ॥ १९ ॥ मर्यादागिरयः सप्त नद्यः सप्तैव कीर्तिताः । ईशान ऊरुशृङ्गोऽथ बलभद्रः शतकेशरः ॥ २० ॥ सहस्रस्रोतको देवपालोऽप्यन्ते महाशनः । एतेऽद्रयः सप्त चोक्ताः सरिन्नामानि सप्त च ॥ २१ ॥ अनघा प्रथमाऽऽयुर्दा उभयस्पृष्टिरेव च । अपराजिता पञ्चपदी सहस्रश्रुतिरेव च ॥ २२ ॥ ततो निजधृतिश्चोक्ताः सप्त नद्यो महोज्ज्वलाः । तद्वर्षपुरुषाः सर्वे सत्यव्रतक्रतुव्रतौ ॥ २३ ॥ दानव्रतानुव्रतौ च चतुर्वर्णा उदीरिताः । भगवन्तं प्राणवायुं प्राणायामेन संयुताः ॥ २४ ॥ यजन्ति निर्धूतरजस्तमसः परमं हरिम् । अन्तः प्रविश्य भूतानि यो बिभर्त्यात्मकेतुभिः ॥ २५ ॥ अन्तर्यामीश्वरः साक्षात्पातु नो यद्वशे इदम् । परस्ताद्दधिमण्डोदात्ततस्तु बहुविस्तरः ॥ २६ ॥ पुष्करद्वीपनामायं शाकद्वीपद्विसंगुणः । स्वसमानेन स्वादूदकेनायं परिवेष्टितः ॥ २७ ॥ यत्रास्ते पुष्करं भ्राजदग्निचूडानिभानि च । पत्राणि विशदानीह स्वर्णपत्रायुतायुतम् ॥ २८ ॥ श्रीमद्‍भगवतश्चेदमासनं परमेष्ठिनः । कल्पितं लोकगुरुणा सर्वलोकसिसृक्षया ॥ २९ ॥ तद्‌द्वीप एक एवायं मानसोत्तरनामकः । अर्वाचीनपराचीनवर्षयोरवधिर्गिरिः ॥ ३० ॥ उच्छ्रायायामयोः संख्यायुतयोजनसम्मिता । यत्र दिक्षु च चत्वारि चतसृषु पुराणि ह ॥ ३१ ॥ इन्द्रादिलोकपालानां यदुपर्यर्कनिर्गमः । मेरुं प्रदक्षिणीकुर्वन् भानुः पर्येति यत्र हि ॥ ३२ ॥ संवत्सरात्मकं चक्रं देवाहोरात्रतो भ्रमन् । प्रैयव्रतोऽधिपो वीतिहोत्रः स्वात्मजकद्वयम् ॥ ३३ ॥ वर्षद्वये परिस्थाप्य वर्षनामधरं क्रमात् । रमणो धातकिश्चैव तत्तद्वर्षपती उभौ ॥ ३४ ॥ कृताः स्वयं पूर्वजवद्‍भगवद्‍भक्तितत्पराः । तद्‌वर्षपुरुषा ब्रह्मरूपिणं परमेश्वरम् ॥ ३५ ॥ सकर्मकेन योगेन यजन्ति परिशीलिताः । यत्तत्कर्ममयं लिङ्ग ब्रह्मलिङ्गं जनोऽर्चयेत् । एकान्तमद्वयं शान्तं तस्मै भगवते नमः ॥ ३६ ॥

nārada uvāca śiṣṭadvīpapramāṇaṃ ca vada sarvārthadarśana | yena vijñātamātreṇa parānandamayo bhavet || 1 || śrīrānārāyaṇa uvāca kuśadvīpasya parito ghṛtodāvaraṇaṃ mahat | tato bahiḥ krauṃcadvīpo dviguṇaḥ syātsvamānataḥ || 2 || kṣīrodenāvṛto bhāti yasminkrauṃcādrirasti ca | nāmanirvartakaḥ so'yaṃ dvīpasya parivartate || 3 || yo'sau guhasya śaktyā ca bhinnakukṣiḥ purābhavat | kṣīrodenāsicyamāno varuṇena ca rakṣitaḥ || 4 || ghṛtapṛṣṭho nāma yasya vibhāti kila nāyakaḥ | priyavratātmajaḥ śrīmān sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ || 5 || svadvīpaṃ tu vibhajyaiva saptadhā svātmajāndadau | putranāmasu varṣeṣu varṣapānsanniveśayan || 6 || svayaṃ bhagavatastasya śaraṇaṃ sañjagāma ha | āmo madhuruhaścaiva meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhāmakaḥ || 7 || bhrājiṣṭho lohitārṇaśca vanaspatiritīva ca | nagā nadyaśca saptaiva vikhyātā bhuvi sarvataḥ || 8 || śuklo vai vardhamānaśca bhojanaścopabarhaṇaḥ | nandaśca nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti kīrtitāḥ || 9 || abhayā amṛtaughā cāryakā tīrthavatīti ca | vṛttirūpavatī śuklā pavitravatikā tathā || 10 || etāsāmudakaṃ puṇyaṃ cāturvarṇyena pīyate | puruṣaṛṣabhau tadvad‌ draviṇākhyaśca devakaḥ || 11 || ete caturvarṇajātāḥ puruṣā nivasanti hi | tatratyāḥ puruṣā āpomayaṃ devamapāṃ patim || 12 || pūrṇenāñjalinā bhaktyā yajante vividhakriyāḥ | āpaḥ puruṣavīryāḥ stha punantīrbhūrbhuvaḥ svaraḥ || 13 || tā naḥ punītāmīvaghnīḥ spṛśatāmātmanā bhuvaḥ | iti mantrajapānte ca stuvanti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ || 14 || evaṃ parastātkṣīrodātparitaścopaveśitaḥ | dvātriṃśallakṣasaṃkhyākayojanāyāmamāśritaḥ || 15 || svamānena ca dvīpo'yaṃ dadhimaṇḍodakena ca | śākadvīpo viśiṣṭo'yaṃ yasmicchāko mahīruhaḥ || 16 || svakṣetravyapadeśasya kāraṇaṃ sa hi nārada | praiyavrato'dhipastasya medhātithiriti smṛtaḥ || 17 || vibhajya sapta varṣāṇi putranāmāni teṣu ca | sapta putrānnijān sthāpya svayaṃ yogagatiṃ gataḥ || 18 || purojavo manaḥpūrvajavo'tha pavamānakaḥ | dhūmrānīkaścitrarepho bahurūpo'tha viśvadhṛk || 19 || maryādāgirayaḥ sapta nadyaḥ saptaiva kīrtitāḥ | īśāna ūruśṛṅgo'tha balabhadraḥ śatakeśaraḥ || 20 || sahasrasrotako devapālo'pyante mahāśanaḥ | ete'drayaḥ sapta coktāḥ sarinnāmāni sapta ca || 21 || anaghā prathamā''yurdā ubhayaspṛṣṭireva ca | aparājitā pañcapadī sahasraśrutireva ca || 22 || tato nijadhṛtiścoktāḥ sapta nadyo mahojjvalāḥ | tadvarṣapuruṣāḥ sarve satyavratakratuvratau || 23 || dānavratānuvratau ca caturvarṇā udīritāḥ | bhagavantaṃ prāṇavāyuṃ prāṇāyāmena saṃyutāḥ || 24 || yajanti nirdhūtarajastamasaḥ paramaṃ harim | antaḥ praviśya bhūtāni yo bibhartyātmaketubhiḥ || 25 || antaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe idam | parastāddadhimaṇḍodāttatastu bahuvistaraḥ || 26 || puṣkaradvīpanāmāyaṃ śākadvīpadvisaṃguṇaḥ | svasamānena svādūdakenāyaṃ pariveṣṭitaḥ || 27 || yatrāste puṣkaraṃ bhrājadagnicūḍānibhāni ca | patrāṇi viśadānīha svarṇapatrāyutāyutam || 28 || śrīmad‍bhagavataścedamāsanaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ | kalpitaṃ lokaguruṇā sarvalokasisṛkṣayā || 29 || tad‌dvīpa eka evāyaṃ mānasottaranāmakaḥ | arvācīnaparācīnavarṣayoravadhirgiriḥ || 30 || ucchrāyāyāmayoḥ saṃkhyāyutayojanasammitā | yatra dikṣu ca catvāri catasṛṣu purāṇi ha || 31 || indrādilokapālānāṃ yaduparyarkanirgamaḥ | meruṃ pradakṣiṇīkurvan bhānuḥ paryeti yatra hi || 32 || saṃvatsarātmakaṃ cakraṃ devāhorātrato bhraman | praiyavrato'dhipo vītihotraḥ svātmajakadvayam || 33 || varṣadvaye paristhāpya varṣanāmadharaṃ kramāt | ramaṇo dhātakiścaiva tattadvarṣapatī ubhau || 34 || kṛtāḥ svayaṃ pūrvajavad‍bhagavad‍bhaktitatparāḥ | tad‌varṣapuruṣā brahmarūpiṇaṃ parameśvaram || 35 || sakarmakena yogena yajanti pariśīlitāḥ | yattatkarmamayaṃ liṅga brahmaliṅgaṃ jano'rcayet | ekāntamadvayaṃ śāntaṃ tasmai bhagavate namaḥ || 36 ||

English translation

1. Narada said Thou, the Knower of everything! Describe about the remaining Dvipas, knowing which we will be highly delighted.

2-36. Narayana spoke thus The very vast Ghrita Sagara (the ocean of clarified butter) is encircling the Kus’a DvTpa. Next to it is the Krauncha DvTpa. It is twice as large as Kus’a. The KsTra Sagara (the ocean of milk) is surrounding this DvTpa. The Krauncha mountain is standing here. The name of this DvTpa is derived from this mountain. In days gone by, the highly intelligent Kartikeya burst this mountain by his own prowess. This DvTpa is washed by the KsTra Sagara; and Varuna is its Regent. The son of Priyavrata, Ghritapristha, respected by all and whose prosperity knows no end, is the Lord of this DvTpa. He divided this DvTpa into the seven parts and distributed them to his sons and named the Varsas after the names of his sons. He made his sons the rulers of those places and he himself took the refuge of the Bhagavan Narayana The names of the seven Varsas are respectively Ama, Madhuruha, Meghapristha, Sudhamaka, Bhrajistha, Lohitarna, and Vanaspati. O Narada! The seven mountains and the rivers there are very celebrated throughout the worlds. The names of the mountains are - S’ukla, Vardhamana, Bhojana, Upavarhana, Nanda, Nandana, and Sarvatobhadra. The names of the rivers are Abhaya, Amritaugha, Aryaka, TTrthavatT, VrittirupavatT, S’ukla, and Pavitravatika. The inhabitants there drink the highly pure water of these rivers. The people there are divided into four colours Purusa, Risabha, Dravina, and Vedaka and they worship the Bhagavan Varuna, of the form of water. Then they become very discriminative, and, with great devotion, and holding full within their folded palms the water, repeat the following mantra “O Water! Thou art the essence VTrya of the Person Bhagavana and Thou sanctifiest the Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka,

and Svarloka. Thou destroyest the sins of all. We all are touching it; purify our bodies.” After finishing their mantrams, they sing various hymns to Varuna. Next to the Ksiroda Sagara, is the S’aka Dvipa, thirty two lakh yoyanas wide, surrounded by the Dadhi Sagara (the ocean of curds), of similar dimensions. Here the most excellent tree named the S’aka tree exists. O Narada! The DvTpa is named so after the tree. Medhatithi, the son of Priyavrata is the Lord of this DvTpa.

He divided this land into the seven Varsas and distributed each to his seven sons respectively; and ultimately he took refuge to the path of Yoga. The names of the seven Varsas are Purojava, Manojava, Pavamanaka, DhumranTka, Chitrarepha, Bahurupa, and Vis’vadhrik. In these Varsas there are seven mountains, one in each Varsa, as forming their boundaries; and there are seven rivers also. The names of the mountains are Is’ana, Urus’ringa, Valabhadra, S’ata Kes’ara, Sahasra-srotaka, Devapala, and Mahasana; the names of the rivers are Anagha, Ayurda, Ubhayaspristi, Aparajita, PahchapadT, and Sahasras’ruti and Nijadhriti. These seven rivers are all very big and resplendent with lustre. The people are divided into four classes Varsas, Satyavrata, Kratuvrata, Danavrata, and Anuvrata. They all take the Pranayama exercise and thereby bring the Rajas, and Tamo Guna under their subjection and they worship Hah, of the nature of Prana Vayu, Higher than the Highest. Their mantra is this “He has entered into all the living beings and nourishes them by the Prana and other faculties; He is the Internal Ruler of all and the Supreme Controller; this Universe is under His control; let Him protect and nourish us.” O Narada! Next to this Dadhi Sagara is Puskara DvTpa; it is twice as large as S’aka DvTpa. It is surrounded by the Dudha Sagar (the ocean of milk) all twice as large. The leaves of Puskara tree that shines in the Puskara DvTpa, are fiery like golden flames; they are as clean and pure. Crores and crores of leaves, golden in colour ornament this Tree. Vasudeva, the Guru of all the Lokas, has created this Puskara DvTpa as the seat of ParamesthT Brahma, possessed of six extraordinary powers, for the purpose of creation. There is one mountain in this DvTpa; it is divided into two parts, named ArvachTna and ParachTna. These form the boundaries of the two Varsas. The mountain is one Ayuta Yoyana

high and one Ayuta Yoyana wide. There are four cities on the four sides. Indra and the three other Lokapalas are the lords of these cities. The Sun God connes out from their top and circumambulating Meru, goes there again. The whole year is his Chakram, circle of circuit; His path is Uttrayanam and Daksinayanam. Vitihotra, the son of Priyavrata is the lord of this island. He distributed the two Varsas amongst his two sons, Ramana and Dhataki. They rule over the two Varsas named also after them. Like the inhabitants of the above Varsas, the people also get powers of themselves and worship devotedly the God seated on the lotus and follow such path of the Yoga as leads them to the Brahma Salokya, etc. The mantra runs thus “We bow down to that One God, without a Second, of the nature of Peace, Who is the Fruit of all the Karmas, Who is the seat of illumination of Brahma, Who is established in Unity, and Who is worshipped by all the Lokas.”

Here ends the Thirteenth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the description of the remaining DvTpas in the Mahapuranam S’ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.

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