Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 13
DB 8 13.1
भुवनकोशवर्णने क्रौञ्चशाकपुष्करद्वीपवर्णनम् नारद उवाच शिष्टद्वीपप्रमाणं च वद सर्वार्थदर्शन । येन विज्ञातमात्रेण परानन्दमयो भवेत्
bhuvanakośavarṇane krauñcaśākapuṣkaradvīpavarṇanam nārada uvāca śiṣṭadvīpapramāṇaṃ ca vada sarvārthadarśana | yena vijñātamātreṇa parānandamayo bhavet
In the description of the world-sphere, the description of the islands Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣkara. Nārada said: Tell also the measure of the remaining islands, O you who see all things — by merely knowing which one becomes filled with supreme bliss.
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DB 8 13.2
श्रीरानारायण उवाच कुशद्वीपस्य परितो घृतोदावरणं महत् । ततो बहिः क्रौंचद्वीपो द्विगुणः स्यात्स्वमानतः
śrīrānārāyaṇa uvāca kuśadvīpasya parito ghṛtodāvaraṇaṃ mahat | tato bahiḥ krauṃcadvīpo dviguṇaḥ syātsvamānataḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: All around Kuśa island is the great enclosure of the ocean of ghee; outside that lies Krauñca island, twice (as large) by its own measure.
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DB 8 13.3
क्षीरोदेनावृतो भाति यस्मिन्क्रौंचाद्रिरस्ति च । नामनिर्वर्तकः सोऽयं द्वीपस्य परिवर्तते
kṣīrodenāvṛto bhāti yasminkrauṃcādrirasti ca | nāmanirvartakaḥ so'yaṃ dvīpasya parivartate
It shines surrounded by the ocean of milk, and in it stands Mount Krauñca; that (mountain), which gives (the island) its name, encircles the island.
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DB 8 13.4
योऽसौ गुहस्य शक्त्या च भिन्नकुक्षिः पुराभवत् । क्षीरोदेनासिच्यमानो वरुणेन च रक्षितः
yo'sau guhasya śaktyā ca bhinnakukṣiḥ purābhavat | kṣīrodenāsicyamāno varuṇena ca rakṣitaḥ
That (mountain) whose flank was formerly split by the spear of Guha (Kārttikeya), and which is bathed by the ocean of milk and guarded by Varuṇa —
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DB 8 13.5
घृतपृष्ठो नाम यस्य विभाति किल नायकः । प्रियव्रतात्मजः श्रीमान् सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः
ghṛtapṛṣṭho nāma yasya vibhāti kila nāyakaḥ | priyavratātmajaḥ śrīmān sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ
Its ruler, named Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, shines indeed — the glorious son of Priyavrata, saluted by all the worlds.
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DB 8 13.6
स्वद्वीपं तु विभज्यैव सप्तधा स्वात्मजान्ददौ । पुत्रनामसु वर्षेषु वर्षपान्सन्निवेशयन्
svadvīpaṃ tu vibhajyaiva saptadhā svātmajāndadau | putranāmasu varṣeṣu varṣapānsanniveśayan
Having divided his own island sevenfold, he gave (the parts) to his own sons, installing the rulers of the regions in the regions named after the sons.
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DB 8 13.7
स्वयं भगवतस्तस्य शरणं सञ्जगाम ह । आमो मधुरुहश्चैव मेघपृष्ठः सुधामकः
svayaṃ bhagavatastasya śaraṇaṃ sañjagāma ha | āmo madhuruhaścaiva meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhāmakaḥ
He himself went to the refuge of that Lord. (The sons were:) Āma, and Madhuruha, Meghapṛṣṭha, Sudhāmaka,
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DB 8 13.8
भ्राजिष्ठो लोहितार्णश्च वनस्पतिरितीव च । नगा नद्यश्च सप्तैव विख्याता भुवि सर्वतः
bhrājiṣṭho lohitārṇaśca vanaspatiritīva ca | nagā nadyaśca saptaiva vikhyātā bhuvi sarvataḥ
Bhrājiṣṭha, and Lohitārṇa, and likewise Vanaspati. And there are seven mountains and seven rivers, famed everywhere on earth.
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DB 8 13.9
शुक्लो वै वर्धमानश्च भोजनश्चोपबर्हणः । नन्दश्च नन्दनः सर्वतोभद्र इति कीर्तिताः
śuklo vai vardhamānaśca bhojanaścopabarhaṇaḥ | nandaśca nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti kīrtitāḥ
They are celebrated as: Śukla, and Vardhamāna, Bhojana and Upabarhaṇa, Nanda and Nandana, and Sarvatobhadra.
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DB 8 13.10
अभया अमृतौघा चार्यका तीर्थवतीति च । वृत्तिरूपवती शुक्ला पवित्रवतिका तथा
abhayā amṛtaughā cāryakā tīrthavatīti ca | vṛttirūpavatī śuklā pavitravatikā tathā
Abhayā, Amṛtaughā, and Āryakā, and Tīrthavatī, Vṛttirūpavatī, Śuklā, and likewise Pavitravatikā.
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DB 8 13.11
एतासामुदकं पुण्यं चातुर्वर्ण्येन पीयते । पुरुषऋषभौ तद्वद् द्रविणाख्यश्च देवकः
etāsāmudakaṃ puṇyaṃ cāturvarṇyena pīyate | puruṣaṛṣabhau tadvad draviṇākhyaśca devakaḥ
The holy water of these is drunk by the four classes (of people). (These four are) Puruṣas and Ṛṣabhas, likewise those called Draviṇas, and Devakas.
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DB 8 13.12
एते चतुर्वर्णजाताः पुरुषा निवसन्ति हि । तत्रत्याः पुरुषा आपोमयं देवमपां पतिम्
ete caturvarṇajātāḥ puruṣā nivasanti hi | tatratyāḥ puruṣā āpomayaṃ devamapāṃ patim
These men, born in the four classes, dwell (there). The men of that place (worship) the god made of water, the lord of the waters,
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DB 8 13.13
पूर्णेनाञ्जलिना भक्त्या यजन्ते विविधक्रियाः । आपः पुरुषवीर्याः स्थ पुनन्तीर्भूर्भुवः स्वरः भुवनकोशवर्णनं क्रौञ्चशाकपुष्करद्वीपवर्णनं नाम त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः
pūrṇenāñjalinā bhaktyā yajante vividhakriyāḥ | āpaḥ puruṣavīryāḥ stha punantīrbhūrbhuvaḥ svaraḥ bhuvanakośavarṇanaṃ krauñcaśākapuṣkaradvīpavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ
with a full cupping of the hands, with devotion, performing various rites: "You waters are the vigour of the Puruṣa, purifying earth, mid-air, and heaven." [Thus the thirteenth chapter, called the description of the world-sphere, the description of the Krauñca, Śāka and Puṣkara islands.]
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DB 8 13.14
ता नः पुनीतामीवघ्नीः स्पृशतामात्मना भुवः । इति मन्त्रजपान्ते च स्तुवन्ति विविधैः स्तवैः
tā naḥ punītāmīvaghnīḥ spṛśatāmātmanā bhuvaḥ | iti mantrajapānte ca stuvanti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ
"May those (waters), destroyers of affliction, purify us; may they touch the earths with their own being." And at the end of the recitation of this mantra they praise (him) with various hymns.
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DB 8 13.15
एवं परस्तात्क्षीरोदात्परितश्चोपवेशितः । द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षसंख्याकयोजनायाममाश्रितः
evaṃ parastātkṣīrodātparitaścopaveśitaḥ | dvātriṃśallakṣasaṃkhyākayojanāyāmamāśritaḥ
Thus, beyond the ocean of milk, set all around it, extending thirty-two lakhs of yojanas,
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DB 8 13.16
स्वमानेन च द्वीपोऽयं दधिमण्डोदकेन च । शाकद्वीपो विशिष्टोऽयं यस्मिच्छाको महीरुहः
svamānena ca dvīpo'yaṃ dadhimaṇḍodakena ca | śākadvīpo viśiṣṭo'yaṃ yasmicchāko mahīruhaḥ
is this island, (and around it) by its own measure water of the curd-cream. This distinguished island is Śāka, in which (grows) the great tree the śāka.
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DB 8 13.17
स्वक्षेत्रव्यपदेशस्य कारणं स हि नारद । प्रैयव्रतोऽधिपस्तस्य मेधातिथिरिति स्मृतः
svakṣetravyapadeśasya kāraṇaṃ sa hi nārada | praiyavrato'dhipastasya medhātithiriti smṛtaḥ
For that (tree), Nārada, is the reason for the designation of its own region. Its ruler, the son of Priyavrata, is known as Medhātithi.
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DB 8 13.18
विभज्य सप्त वर्षाणि पुत्रनामानि तेषु च । सप्त पुत्रान्निजान् स्थाप्य स्वयं योगगतिं गतः
vibhajya sapta varṣāṇi putranāmāni teṣu ca | sapta putrānnijān sthāpya svayaṃ yogagatiṃ gataḥ
Having divided (it into) seven regions bearing the names of his sons, and having established his own seven sons in them, he himself went the way of yoga.
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DB 8 13.19
पुरोजवो मनःपूर्वजवोऽथ पवमानकः । धूम्रानीकश्चित्ररेफो बहुरूपोऽथ विश्वधृक्
purojavo manaḥpūrvajavo'tha pavamānakaḥ | dhūmrānīkaścitrarepho bahurūpo'tha viśvadhṛk
Purojava, Manaḥpūrvajava, then Pavamānaka, Dhūmrānīka, Citrarepha, Bahurūpa, and Viśvadhṛk.
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DB 8 13.20
मर्यादागिरयः सप्त नद्यः सप्तैव कीर्तिताः । ईशान ऊरुशृङ्गोऽथ बलभद्रः शतकेशरः
maryādāgirayaḥ sapta nadyaḥ saptaiva kīrtitāḥ | īśāna ūruśṛṅgo'tha balabhadraḥ śatakeśaraḥ
The boundary mountains are seven, and the rivers are declared to be seven as well: Īśāna, then Ūruśṛṅga, Balabhadra, Śatakeśara,
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DB 8 13.21
सहस्रस्रोतको देवपालोऽप्यन्ते महाशनः । एतेऽद्रयः सप्त चोक्ताः सरिन्नामानि सप्त च
sahasrasrotako devapālo'pyante mahāśanaḥ | ete'drayaḥ sapta coktāḥ sarinnāmāni sapta ca
Sahasrasrotaka, Devapāla, and last Mahāśana — these seven are called the mountains; and the seven names of the rivers (are):
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DB 8 13.22
अनघा प्रथमाऽऽयुर्दा उभयस्पृष्टिरेव च । अपराजिता पञ्चपदी सहस्रश्रुतिरेव च
anaghā prathamā''yurdā ubhayaspṛṣṭireva ca | aparājitā pañcapadī sahasraśrutireva ca
Anaghā first, Āyurdā, and Ubhayaspṛṣṭi, Aparājitā, Pañcapadī, and Sahasraśruti,
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DB 8 13.23
ततो निजधृतिश्चोक्ताः सप्त नद्यो महोज्ज्वलाः । तद्वर्षपुरुषाः सर्वे सत्यव्रतक्रतुव्रतौ
tato nijadhṛtiścoktāḥ sapta nadyo mahojjvalāḥ | tadvarṣapuruṣāḥ sarve satyavratakratuvratau
Then are named Nijadhṛti and the rest, the seven greatly shining rivers; and all the men of that region (are of four classes): Satyavrata and Kratuvrata,
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DB 8 13.24
दानव्रतानुव्रतौ च चतुर्वर्णा उदीरिताः । भगवन्तं प्राणवायुं प्राणायामेन संयुताः
dānavratānuvratau ca caturvarṇā udīritāḥ | bhagavantaṃ prāṇavāyuṃ prāṇāyāmena saṃyutāḥ
and Dānavrata and Anuvrata — thus the four classes are declared; (they,) joined by breath-restraint, (worship) the divine Lord as the vital breath,
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DB 8 13.25
यजन्ति निर्धूतरजस्तमसः परमं हरिम् । अन्तः प्रविश्य भूतानि यो बिभर्त्यात्मकेतुभिः
yajanti nirdhūtarajastamasaḥ paramaṃ harim | antaḥ praviśya bhūtāni yo bibhartyātmaketubhiḥ
they worship the supreme Hari, their passion and darkness shaken off — he who, having entered within, sustains the beings by his own marks (of self-manifestation).
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DB 8 13.26
अन्तर्यामीश्वरः साक्षात्पातु नो यद्वशे इदम् । परस्ताद्दधिमण्डोदात्ततस्तु बहुविस्तरः
antaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe idam | parastāddadhimaṇḍodāttatastu bahuvistaraḥ
May the Inner Controller, the Lord himself, in whose power this (all) stands, protect us. Beyond that, past the ocean of curd-whey, there is (a region of) great extent.
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DB 8 13.27
पुष्करद्वीपनामायं शाकद्वीपद्विसंगुणः । स्वसमानेन स्वादूदकेनायं परिवेष्टितः
puṣkaradvīpanāmāyaṃ śākadvīpadvisaṃguṇaḥ | svasamānena svādūdakenāyaṃ pariveṣṭitaḥ
This one, named Puṣkara-dvīpa, is twice the size of Śāka-dvīpa; it is encircled by (an ocean of) sweet water equal to itself (in extent).
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DB 8 13.28
यत्रास्ते पुष्करं भ्राजदग्निचूडानिभानि च । पत्राणि विशदानीह स्वर्णपत्रायुतायुतम्
yatrāste puṣkaraṃ bhrājadagnicūḍānibhāni ca | patrāṇi viśadānīha svarṇapatrāyutāyutam
Where there stands a shining lotus, its bright leaves here resembling flame-crests, with myriads upon myriads of golden petals.
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DB 8 13.29
श्रीमद्भगवतश्चेदमासनं परमेष्ठिनः । कल्पितं लोकगुरुणा सर्वलोकसिसृक्षया
śrīmadbhagavataścedamāsanaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ | kalpitaṃ lokaguruṇā sarvalokasisṛkṣayā
And this is the seat of the glorious Lord, the highest-placed one, fashioned by the teacher of the worlds out of the wish to create all the worlds.
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DB 8 13.30
तद्द्वीप एक एवायं मानसोत्तरनामकः । अर्वाचीनपराचीनवर्षयोरवधिर्गिरिः
taddvīpa eka evāyaṃ mānasottaranāmakaḥ | arvācīnaparācīnavarṣayoravadhirgiriḥ
On that island there is just this one mountain named Mānasottara, the boundary of the nearer and the farther region.
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DB 8 13.31
उच्छ्रायायामयोः संख्यायुतयोजनसम्मिता । यत्र दिक्षु च चत्वारि चतसृषु पुराणि ह
ucchrāyāyāmayoḥ saṃkhyāyutayojanasammitā | yatra dikṣu ca catvāri catasṛṣu purāṇi ha
In height and in length its measure amounts to ten thousand yojanas; and there, in the four directions, are four cities,
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DB 8 13.32
इन्द्रादिलोकपालानां यदुपर्यर्कनिर्गमः । मेरुं प्रदक्षिणीकुर्वन् भानुः पर्येति यत्र हि
indrādilokapālānāṃ yaduparyarkanirgamaḥ | meruṃ pradakṣiṇīkurvan bhānuḥ paryeti yatra hi
of the world-guardians Indra and the rest, above which is the sun's course; for there the sun goes round, making his circuit of Meru,
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DB 8 13.33
संवत्सरात्मकं चक्रं देवाहोरात्रतो भ्रमन् । प्रैयव्रतोऽधिपो वीतिहोत्रः स्वात्मजकद्वयम्
saṃvatsarātmakaṃ cakraṃ devāhorātrato bhraman | praiyavrato'dhipo vītihotraḥ svātmajakadvayam
turning the wheel that constitutes the year by the day and night of the gods. The son of Priyavrata, Vītihotra, was the ruler; (he took) his own two sons,
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DB 8 13.34
वर्षद्वये परिस्थाप्य वर्षनामधरं क्रमात् । रमणो धातकिश्चैव तत्तद्वर्षपती उभौ
varṣadvaye paristhāpya varṣanāmadharaṃ kramāt | ramaṇo dhātakiścaiva tattadvarṣapatī ubhau
and having established (them) in the two regions, each bearing the name of his region in order — Ramaṇa and Dhātaki — both as lords of their respective regions,
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DB 8 13.35
कृताः स्वयं पूर्वजवद्भगवद्भक्तितत्पराः । तद्वर्षपुरुषा ब्रह्मरूपिणं परमेश्वरम्
kṛtāḥ svayaṃ pūrvajavadbhagavadbhaktitatparāḥ | tadvarṣapuruṣā brahmarūpiṇaṃ parameśvaram
they were himself made (rulers), intent, like their forebears, on devotion to the Lord. The men of those regions (worship) the supreme Lord in the form of Brahman,
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DB 8 13.36
सकर्मकेन योगेन यजन्ति परिशीलिताः । यत्तत्कर्ममयं लिङ्ग ब्रह्मलिङ्गं जनोऽर्चयेत् । एकान्तमद्वयं शान्तं तस्मै भगवते नमः
sakarmakena yogena yajanti pariśīlitāḥ | yattatkarmamayaṃ liṅga brahmaliṅgaṃ jano'rcayet | ekāntamadvayaṃ śāntaṃ tasmai bhagavate namaḥ
they worship, well practised, with a yoga joined to ritual action. Whatever mark composed of action there is, that mark of Brahman let a man worship. To that Lord, single, non-dual, tranquil, homage.
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