Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 7
DB 8 7.1
भुवनकोशवर्णने पर्वतनदीवर्षादिवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच गिरी मेरुं च पूर्वेण द्वौ चाष्टादशयोजनैः । सहस्रैरायतौ चोदग्द्विसहस्रं पृथूच्चकौ
bhuvanakośavarṇane parvatanadīvarṣādivarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca girī meruṃ ca pūrveṇa dvau cāṣṭādaśayojanaiḥ | sahasrairāyatau codagdvisahasraṃ pṛthūccakau
In the description of the cosmic sphere, the description of the mountains, rivers, continents and so forth. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: East of Meru there are two mountains, extending eighteen thousand yojanas, and two thousand in breadth and height to the north.
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DB 8 7.2
जठरो देवकूटश्च तावेतौ गिरिवर्यकौ । मेरोः पश्चिमतोऽद्री द्वौ पवमानस्तथापरः
jaṭharo devakūṭaśca tāvetau girivaryakau | meroḥ paścimato'drī dvau pavamānastathāparaḥ
Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa — these two are the foremost among mountains. West of Meru are two mountains, Pavamāna and the other,
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DB 8 7.3
पारियात्रश्च तौ तावद्विख्यातौ तुङ्गविस्तरौ । मेरोर्दक्षिणतः ख्यातौ कैलासकरवीरकौ
pāriyātraśca tau tāvadvikhyātau tuṅgavistarau | merordakṣiṇataḥ khyātau kailāsakaravīrakau
Pāriyātra; those two likewise are renowned, lofty and broad. South of Meru are known Kailāsa and Karavīra,
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DB 8 7.4
प्रागायतौ पूर्ववृत्तौ महापर्वतराजकौ । एवं चोत्तरतो मेरोस्त्रिशृङ्गमकरौ गिरी
prāgāyatau pūrvavṛttau mahāparvatarājakau | evaṃ cottarato merostriśṛṅgamakarau girī
extending eastward, turned toward the east, the two great kings of mountains; and thus to the north of Meru are the mountains Triśṛṅga and Makara.
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DB 8 7.5
एतैश्चाद्रिवरैरष्टसंख्यैः परिवृतो गिरिः । सुमेरुः काञ्चनगिरिः परिभ्राजन् रविर्यथा
etaiścādrivarairaṣṭasaṃkhyaiḥ parivṛto giriḥ | sumeruḥ kāñcanagiriḥ paribhrājan raviryathā
Encircled by these excellent mountains, eight in number, the mountain Sumeru, the golden mountain, shines all about like the sun.
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DB 8 7.6
मेरोर्मूर्धनि धातुर्हि पुरी पङ्कजजन्मनः । मध्यतश्चोपक्लृप्तेयं दशसाहस्रयोजनैः
merormūrdhani dhāturhi purī paṅkajajanmanaḥ | madhyataścopaklṛpteyaṃ daśasāhasrayojanaiḥ
On Meru's summit is the city of the Creator, the lotus-born one; and it is laid out at the centre, measuring ten thousand yojanas.
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DB 8 7.7
समानचतुरस्रां च शातकौम्भमयीं पुरीम् । वर्णयन्ति महात्मानः परावरविदो बुधाः भुवनकोशवर्णने पर्वतनदीवर्षादिवर्णनं नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः
samānacaturasrāṃ ca śātakaumbhamayīṃ purīm | varṇayanti mahātmānaḥ parāvaravido budhāḥ bhuvanakośavarṇane parvatanadīvarṣādivarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
And the great-souled wise men who know the higher and the lower describe that city as an even square, made of gold. (Thus ends) the seventh chapter, called "The description of mountains, rivers, continents and the rest," in the description of the cosmic sphere.
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DB 8 7.8
तां पुरीमनुलोकानामष्टानामीशिषां पराः । पुर्यः प्रख्यातसौवर्णरूपास्ताश्च यथादिशम्
tāṃ purīmanulokānāmaṣṭānāmīśiṣāṃ parāḥ | puryaḥ prakhyātasauvarṇarūpāstāśca yathādiśam
Around that city are the excellent cities of the eight lords of the worlds, they too renowned as being golden in form, each according to its direction,
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DB 8 7.9
यथारूपं सार्धनेत्रसहस्रप्रमिताः कृताः । मेरोर्नव पुराणि स्युर्मनोवत्यमरावती
yathārūpaṃ sārdhanetrasahasrapramitāḥ kṛtāḥ | merornava purāṇi syurmanovatyamarāvatī
made in due proportion, measured at two thousand five hundred (yojanas). Meru's cities would be nine: Manovatī, Amarāvatī,
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DB 8 7.10
तेजोवती संयमनी तथा कृष्णाङ्गनापरा । श्रद्धावती गन्धवती तथा चान्या महोदया
tejovatī saṃyamanī tathā kṛṣṇāṅganāparā | śraddhāvatī gandhavatī tathā cānyā mahodayā
Tejovatī, Saṃyamanī, and next Kṛṣṇāṅganā, Śraddhāvatī, Gandhavatī, and yet another, Mahodayā,
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DB 8 7.11
यशोवती च ब्रह्मेन्द्रवह्न्यादीनां यथाक्रमम् । तत्रैव यज्ञलिङ्गस्य विष्णोर्भगवतो विभोः
yaśovatī ca brahmendravahnyādīnāṃ yathākramam | tatraiva yajñaliṅgasya viṣṇorbhagavato vibhoḥ
and Yaśovatī — belonging respectively to Brahmā, Indra, Fire and the rest. In that very place, of the lord Viṣṇu the almighty, whose emblem is the sacrifice,
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DB 8 7.12
वामपादाङ्गुष्ठनखनिर्भिन्नस्य च नारद । अण्डोर्ध्वभागरन्ध्रस्य मध्यात्संविशती दिवः
vāmapādāṅguṣṭhanakhanirbhinnasya ca nārada | aṇḍordhvabhāgarandhrasya madhyātsaṃviśatī divaḥ
and (of the shell) split open by the nail of his left big toe, O Nārada — from the middle of the aperture in the upper part of the (cosmic) egg she enters heaven.
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DB 8 7.13
मूर्धन्यवततारेयं गङ्गा संविशती विभो । लोकानामखिलानां च पापहारिजलाकुला
mūrdhanyavatatāreyaṃ gaṅgā saṃviśatī vibho | lokānāmakhilānāṃ ca pāpahārijalākulā
This Gaṅgā has descended upon the summit (of heaven) and enters (there), O mighty one, teeming with waters that carry away the sins of all the worlds.
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DB 8 7.14
इयं च साक्षाद्भगवत्पदी लोकेषु विश्रुता । कालेन महता सा तु युगसाहस्रकेण तु
iyaṃ ca sākṣādbhagavatpadī lokeṣu viśrutā | kālena mahatā sā tu yugasāhasrakeṇa tu
And she is famed in the worlds as coming directly from the Lord's foot; but she, after a great length of time, after a thousand yugas,
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DB 8 7.15
दिवो मूर्धानमागत्य देवी देवनदीश्वरी । यत्तद्विष्णुपदं नाम स्थानं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
divo mūrdhānamāgatya devī devanadīśvarī | yattadviṣṇupadaṃ nāma sthānaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
having reached the summit of heaven — the goddess, mistress of the divine rivers — (comes to) that place named Viṣṇupada, renowned in the three worlds,
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DB 8 7.16
औत्तानपादिर्यत्रास्ते ध्रुवः परमपावनः । भगवत्पादयुगलं पद्मकोशरजो दधत्
auttānapādiryatrāste dhruvaḥ paramapāvanaḥ | bhagavatpādayugalaṃ padmakośarajo dadhat
where dwells Dhruva, son of Uttānapāda, supremely purifying, bearing on himself the pollen from the lotus-cup that is the Lord's pair of feet;
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DB 8 7.17
अद्याप्यास्ते स राजर्षिः पदवीमचलां श्रितः । तत्र सप्तर्षयस्तस्य प्रभावज्ञा महाशयाः
adyāpyāste sa rājarṣiḥ padavīmacalāṃ śritaḥ | tatra saptarṣayastasya prabhāvajñā mahāśayāḥ
even today that royal sage abides there, having taken up an unmoving station. There the seven sages, noble-minded, knowing his greatness,
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DB 8 7.18
प्रदक्षिणं प्रक्रमन्ति सर्वलोकहितेप्सवः । आत्यन्तिकी सिद्धिरियं तपतां सिद्धिदायिनी
pradakṣiṇaṃ prakramanti sarvalokahitepsavaḥ | ātyantikī siddhiriyaṃ tapatāṃ siddhidāyinī
walk around him clockwise, desiring the welfare of all the worlds; this is the ultimate perfection, the giver of success to those who practise austerity.
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DB 8 7.19
आद्रियन्ते च शिरसा जटाजूटोषितेन च । ततो विष्णुपदाद्देवी नैकसाहस्रकोटिभिः
ādriyante ca śirasā jaṭājūṭoṣitena ca | tato viṣṇupadāddevī naikasāhasrakoṭibhiḥ
And they honour (her) with their heads, on which their matted locks rest. Then from Viṣṇupada the goddess, (borne) by many thousands of crores
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DB 8 7.20
विमानैराकुले देवयानेऽवतरती च सा । चन्द्रमण्डलमाप्लाव्य पतन्ती ब्रह्यसद्यनि
vimānairākule devayāne'vataratī ca sā | candramaṇḍalamāplāvya patantī brahyasadyani
of celestial cars, descends upon the crowded path of the gods, and she, flooding the orb of the moon, falls into Brahmā's abode.
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DB 8 7.21
चतुर्धा भिद्यमाना सा ब्रह्मलोके च नारद । चतुर्भिर्नामभिर्देवी चतुर्दिशमभिसृता
caturdhā bhidyamānā sā brahmaloke ca nārada | caturbhirnāmabhirdevī caturdiśamabhisṛtā
She, being split into four in Brahmaloka, O Nārada, the goddess went forth in the four directions under four names,
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DB 8 7.22
सरितां च नदीनां च पतिमेवान्वपद्यत । सीता चालकनन्दा च चतुर्भद्रेति* नामभिः
saritāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca patimevānvapadyata | sītā cālakanandā ca caturbhadreti* nāmabhiḥ
(She) reached none other than the lord of streams and rivers (the ocean), under the names Sītā, Alakanandā, and — as the fourth — Bhadrā.
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DB 8 7.23
*चक्षुर्भद्रेति? सीता च ब्रह्मसदनाच्छिखरेभ्यः क्षमाभृताम् । केसराभिधनाम्ना च प्रस्रवन्ती च स्वर्णदी
*cakṣurbhadreti? sītā ca brahmasadanācchikharebhyaḥ kṣamābhṛtām | kesarābhidhanāmnā ca prasravantī ca svarṇadī
And Sītā, from Brahmā's seat, (flowing down) over the peaks of the mountains that bear the earth, and streaming forth by the name Kesara, the celestial river,
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DB 8 7.24
गन्धमादनमूर्ध्नीह पतिता पापहारिणी । अन्तरेण तु भद्राश्ववर्षं प्राच्यां समागता
gandhamādanamūrdhnīha patitā pāpahāriṇī | antareṇa tu bhadrāśvavarṣaṃ prācyāṃ samāgatā
here fell upon the summit of Gandhamādana, she who carries away sins; and passing through the midst (of the land), she came to the Bhadrāśva region in the east.
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DB 8 7.25
क्षारोदधिं गता सा तु द्युनदी देवपूजिता । ततो माल्यवतः शृङ्गाद् द्वितीया परिनिर्गता
kṣārodadhiṃ gatā sā tu dyunadī devapūjitā | tato mālyavataḥ śṛṅgād dvitīyā parinirgatā
That celestial river, honoured by the gods, reached the salt ocean. Then from the peak of Mālyavat the second (stream) issued forth.
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DB 8 7.26
ततो वेगवती भूत्वा केतुमालं समागता । चक्षुर्नाम्नी देवनदी प्रतीच्यां दिश्युपागता
tato vegavatī bhūtvā ketumālaṃ samāgatā | cakṣurnāmnī devanadī pratīcyāṃ diśyupāgatā
Then, becoming swift, it reached Ketumāla; that divine river named Cakṣu came into the western quarter.
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DB 8 7.27
सरितां पतिमाविष्टा सा गङ्गा देववन्दिता । ततस्तृतीया धारा तु नाम्ना ख्याता च नारद
saritāṃ patimāviṣṭā sā gaṅgā devavanditā | tatastṛtīyā dhārā tu nāmnā khyātā ca nārada
That Gaṅgā, praised by the gods, entered the lord of streams (the ocean). Then the third stream is renowned by its name, O Nārada:
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DB 8 7.28
पुण्या चालकनन्दा वै दक्षिणेनाब्जभूपदात् । वनानि गिरिकूटानि समतिक्रम्य चागता
puṇyā cālakanandā vai dakṣiṇenābjabhūpadāt | vanāni girikūṭāni samatikramya cāgatā
the holy Alakanandā indeed, (going) southward from the foot of the lotus-born (Brahmā), came on, crossing over forests and mountain peaks,
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DB 8 7.29
हेमकूटं गिरिवरं प्राप्तातोऽपीह निर्गता । अतिवेगवती भूत्वा भारतं चागतापरा
hemakūṭaṃ girivaraṃ prāptāto'pīha nirgatā | ativegavatī bhūtvā bhārataṃ cāgatāparā
and reaching Hemakūṭa, the best of mountains, from there too it issued forth here; becoming exceedingly swift, that other one came to Bhārata.
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DB 8 7.30
दक्षिणं जलधिं प्राप्ता तृतीया सा सरिद्वरा । यस्याः स्नानाय सरतां मनुजानां पदे पदे
dakṣiṇaṃ jaladhiṃ prāptā tṛtīyā sā saridvarā | yasyāḥ snānāya saratāṃ manujānāṃ pade pade
That third best of rivers reached the southern sea — for men who go to bathe in it, at every step
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DB 8 7.31
राजसूयाश्वमेधादि फलं तु न हि दुर्लभम् । ततश्चतुर्थी धारा तु भृङ्गवत्पर्वतात्पुनः
rājasūyāśvamedhādi phalaṃ tu na hi durlabham | tataścaturthī dhārā tu bhṛṅgavatparvatātpunaḥ
the fruit of the Rājasūya, the Aśvamedha and the rest is indeed not hard to obtain. Then the fourth stream, again, from the mountain Bhṛṅgavat,
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DB 8 7.32
भद्राभिधा संस्रवन्ती कुरून्सन्तर्प्य चोत्तरान् । समुद्रं समनुप्राप्ता गङ्गा त्रैलोक्यपावनी
bhadrābhidhā saṃsravantī kurūnsantarpya cottarān | samudraṃ samanuprāptā gaṅgā trailokyapāvanī
flowing down under the name Bhadrā and refreshing the northern Kurus, that Gaṅgā, purifier of the three worlds, duly reached the ocean.
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DB 8 7.33
अन्ये नदाश्च नद्यश्च वर्षे वर्षेऽपि सन्ति हि । बहुशो मेरुमन्दारप्रसूताश्चैव नारद
anye nadāśca nadyaśca varṣe varṣe'pi santi hi | bahuśo merumandāraprasūtāścaiva nārada
There are indeed other rivers, male and female, in each and every region, many of them, arisen from Meru and Mandāra, O Nārada.
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DB 8 7.34
तत्रापि भारतं वर्षं कर्मक्षेत्रमुशन्ति हि । अन्यानि चाष्टवर्षाणि भौमस्वर्गप्रदानि च
tatrāpi bhārataṃ varṣaṃ karmakṣetramuśanti hi | anyāni cāṣṭavarṣāṇi bhaumasvargapradāni ca
Among them, too, they declare Bhārata to be the field of (ritual) action; and the other eight regions are bestowers of an earthly heaven,
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DB 8 7.35
स्वर्गिणां पुण्यशेषस्य भोगस्थानानि नारद । पुरुषाणां चायुतायुर्वज्राङ्गा देवसन्निभाः
svargiṇāṃ puṇyaśeṣasya bhogasthānāni nārada | puruṣāṇāṃ cāyutāyurvajrāṅgā devasannibhāḥ
and are places of enjoyment for the residue of merit of those who have been in heaven, O Nārada. And the men there have a lifespan of ten thousand (years), with bodies like adamant, resembling gods.
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DB 8 7.36
पुरुषा नागसाहस्रैर्दशभिः परिकल्पिताः । महासौरतसन्तुष्टाः कलत्राढ्याः सुखान्विताः
puruṣā nāgasāhasrairdaśabhiḥ parikalpitāḥ | mahāsauratasantuṣṭāḥ kalatrāḍhyāḥ sukhānvitāḥ
The men are reckoned (as strong) as ten thousand elephants; greatly satisfied in lovemaking, rich in wives, endowed with pleasure.
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DB 8 7.37
एकवर्षोनके चायुष्याप्तगर्भाः स्त्रियोऽपि हि । त्रेतायुगसमः कालो वर्तते सर्वदैव हि
ekavarṣonake cāyuṣyāptagarbhāḥ striyo'pi hi | tretāyugasamaḥ kālo vartate sarvadaiva hi
And the women too conceive when one year less than (the full) lifespan remains; the time that prevails there is always like the Tretā age.
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