Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 17
SiP 5 17.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। पाराशर्य्य सुसंक्षेपाच्छृणु त्वं वदतो मम ।। मण्डलं च भुवस्सम्यक् सप्तद्वीपादिसंयुतम्
sanatkumāra uvāca || pārāśaryya susaṃkṣepācchṛṇu tvaṃ vadato mama || maṇḍalaṃ ca bhuvassamyak saptadvīpādisaṃyutam
Sanatkumāra said: O son of Parāśara, listen as I tell it, very briefly and correctly, of the sphere of the earth, together with its seven continents and the rest.
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SiP 5 17.2
जंबू प्लक्षश्शाल्मलिश्च कुशः क्रौञ्चश्च शाककः ।। पुष्पकस्सप्तमस्सर्वे समुद्रैस्सप्तभिर्वृताः
jaṃbū plakṣaśśālmaliśca kuśaḥ krauñcaśca śākakaḥ || puṣpakassaptamassarve samudraissaptabhirvṛtāḥ
Jambū, Plakṣa, Śālmali, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣpaka as the seventh — all are encircled by the seven oceans.
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SiP 5 17.3
लवणेक्षुरसौ सर्पिर्दविदुग्धजलाशयाः।। जम्बुद्वीपस्समस्तानामेतेषां मध्यतः स्थितः
lavaṇekṣurasau sarpirdavidugdhajalāśayāḥ|| jambudvīpassamastānāmeteṣāṃ madhyataḥ sthitaḥ
(The oceans are) salt, sugarcane juice, ghee, curds, milk, and water. Jambūdvīpa stands in the middle of all of these.
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SiP 5 17.4
तस्यापि मेरुः कालेयमध्ये कनकपर्वतः ।। प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्योजनैस्तस्य चोच्छ्रयः
tasyāpi meruḥ kāleyamadhye kanakaparvataḥ || praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastādyojanaistasya cocchrayaḥ
And in the middle of that (continent) is Meru, the golden mountain, tawny in colour; it has entered sixteen thousand yojanas below, and that is also its height (above).
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SiP 5 17.5
चतुरशीतिमानैस्तैर्द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः ।। भूमिपृष्ठस्थशैलोऽयं विस्तरस्तस्य सर्वतः उत्तरे कुरवश्चैव यथा वै भारतं तथा।। नवसाहस्रमेकैकमेतेषां मुनिसत्तम भद्राश्वं पूर्वतो मेरोः केतुमालं च पश्चिमे ।। वर्षे द्वे तु मुनिश्रेष्ठ तयोर्मध्य इलावृतम् सीता चालकनंदा च चक्षुर्भद्रा च वै क्रमात् ।। सा तत्र पतिता दिक्षु चतुर्द्धा प्रत्यपद्यत धर्मिणामालया ह्येते भौमास्स्वर्गाः प्रकीर्तिताः ।। न तेषु पापकर्तारो यांति पश्यंति कुत्रचित्
caturaśītimānaistairdvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ || bhūmipṛṣṭhasthaśailo'yaṃ vistarastasya sarvataḥ uttare kuravaścaiva yathā vai bhārataṃ tathā|| navasāhasramekaikameteṣāṃ munisattama bhadrāśvaṃ pūrvato meroḥ ketumālaṃ ca paścime || varṣe dve tu muniśreṣṭha tayormadhya ilāvṛtam sītā cālakanaṃdā ca cakṣurbhadrā ca vai kramāt || sā tatra patitā dikṣu caturddhā pratyapadyata dharmiṇāmālayā hyete bhaumāssvargāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || na teṣu pāpakartāro yāṃti paśyaṃti kutracit
With those measures it is eighty-four (thousand), and thirty-two (thousand) broad at the summit; this mountain stands on the earth's surface, and that is its extent all around. In the north are the Kurus, just as Bhārata is (in the south); each one of these is nine thousand (yojanas), O best of sages. Bhadrāśva to the east of Meru and Ketumāla to the west — two regions, O best of sages; and between those two is Ilāvṛta. Sītā, Alakanandā, Cakṣu and Bhadrā, in order: that (river), having fallen there, became fourfold toward the (four) directions. These are proclaimed to be the abodes of the righteous, earthly heavens; doers of evil do not go there, nor do they see them anywhere.
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SiP 5 17.6
मूले षोडशसाहस्रः कर्णिकाकार संस्थितः ।। हिमवान् हेमकूटश्च निषधश्चास्य दक्षिणे
mūle ṣoḍaśasāhasraḥ karṇikākāra saṃsthitaḥ || himavān hemakūṭaśca niṣadhaścāsya dakṣiṇe
At its base sixteen thousand (yojanas), shaped like the pericarp (of a lotus). Himavān, Hemakūṭa and Niṣadha are to its south.
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SiP 5 17.7
नीलः श्वेतश्च शृङ्गी च उत्तरे वर्षपर्वताः ।। दशसाहस्रिकं ह्येते रत्नवंतोऽरुणप्रभाः
nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgī ca uttare varṣaparvatāḥ || daśasāhasrikaṃ hyete ratnavaṃto'ruṇaprabhāḥ
Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgī are the boundary mountains of the regions in the north; these are ten thousand (yojanas), rich in jewels, with a reddish glow.
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SiP 5 17.8
सहस्रयोजनोत्सेधास्तावद्विस्तारिणश्च ते।। भारतं प्रथमं वर्षं ततः किंपुरुषं स्मृतम्
sahasrayojanotsedhāstāvadvistāriṇaśca te|| bhārataṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ tataḥ kiṃpuruṣaṃ smṛtam
They are a thousand yojanas in height and just as much in breadth. Bhārata is the first region, then Kiṃpuruṣa is recorded.
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SiP 5 17.9
हरिवर्षं ततो ऽन्यद्वै मेरोर्दक्षिणतो मुने ।। रम्यकं चोत्तरे पार्श्वे तस्यांशे तु हिरण्मयम्
harivarṣaṃ tato 'nyadvai merordakṣiṇato mune || ramyakaṃ cottare pārśve tasyāṃśe tu hiraṇmayam
Then another, Harivarṣa, to the south of Meru, O sage; and Ramyaka on the northern side, and in a portion of that, Hiraṇmaya.
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SiP 5 17.11
इलावृतं तु तन्मध्ये तन्मध्ये मेरुरुच्छ्रितः ।। मेरोश्चतुर्द्दिशं तत्र नवसाहस्रमुच्छ्रितम्
ilāvṛtaṃ tu tanmadhye tanmadhye merurucchritaḥ || meroścaturddiśaṃ tatra navasāhasramucchritam
And Ilāvṛta is in the middle of that; in the middle of that Meru rises up. There, on the four sides of Meru, it rises nine thousand (yojanas).
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SiP 5 17.12
इलावृतमृषिश्रेष्ठ चत्वारश्चात्र पर्वताः ।। विष्कंभा रचिता मेरोर्योजिताः पुनरुच्छ्रिताः
ilāvṛtamṛṣiśreṣṭha catvāraścātra parvatāḥ || viṣkaṃbhā racitā meroryojitāḥ punarucchritāḥ
Ilāvṛta, O best of sages — and there are four mountains here, set as props of Meru, joined (to it) and rising high.
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SiP 5 17.13
पूर्वे हि मन्दरो नाम दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः ।। विपुलः पश्चिमे भागे सुपार्श्वश्चोत्तरे स्थितः
pūrve hi mandaro nāma dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ || vipulaḥ paścime bhāge supārśvaścottare sthitaḥ
In the east is the one named Mandara, in the south Gandhamādana, Vipula in the western part, and Supārśva stands in the north.
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SiP 5 17.14
कदंबो जंबुवृक्षश्च पिप्पलो वट एव च ।। एकादशशतायामाः पादपा गिरिकेतवः
kadaṃbo jaṃbuvṛkṣaśca pippalo vaṭa eva ca || ekādaśaśatāyāmāḥ pādapā giriketavaḥ
Kadamba, the jambu tree, the pippala and the banyan — trees eleven hundred (yojanas) in extent, banners of the mountains.
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SiP 5 17.15
जम्बूद्वीपस्य नाम्नो वै हेतुं शृणु महामुने ।। विराजंते महावृक्षास्तत्स्वभावं वदामि ते
jambūdvīpasya nāmno vai hetuṃ śṛṇu mahāmune || virājaṃte mahāvṛkṣāstatsvabhāvaṃ vadāmi te
Hear, great sage, the reason for the name Jambūdvīpa: great trees shine there — I shall tell you their nature.
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SiP 5 17.16
महागज प्रमाणानि जम्ब्वास्तस्याः फलानि च ।। पतंति भूभृतः पृष्ठे शीर्य्यमाणानि सर्वतः
mahāgaja pramāṇāni jambvāstasyāḥ phalāni ca || pataṃti bhūbhṛtaḥ pṛṣṭhe śīryyamāṇāni sarvataḥ
And the fruits of that jambu tree are the size of great elephants; they fall on the surface of the earth, bursting apart everywhere.
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SiP 5 17.17
रसेन तेषां विख्याता जम्बूनदीति वै ।। परितो वर्तते तत्र पीयते तन्निवासिभिः
rasena teṣāṃ vikhyātā jambūnadīti vai || parito vartate tatra pīyate tannivāsibhiḥ
From their juice arises the river famed as Jambū; it flows about there and is drunk by the dwellers of that place.
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SiP 5 17.18
न स्वेदो न च दौर्गंध्यं न जरा चेन्द्रियग्रहः ।। तस्यास्तटे स्थितानान्तु जनानां तन्न जायते
na svedo na ca daurgaṃdhyaṃ na jarā cendriyagrahaḥ || tasyāstaṭe sthitānāntu janānāṃ tanna jāyate
Neither sweat, nor bad odour, nor old age, nor seizure of the senses — none of that arises for the people who dwell on its bank.
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SiP 5 17.19
तीरमृत्स्नां च सम्प्राप्य मुखवायुविशोषिताम् ।। जाम्बूनदाख्यं भवति सुवर्णं सिद्धभूषणम्
tīramṛtsnāṃ ca samprāpya mukhavāyuviśoṣitām || jāmbūnadākhyaṃ bhavati suvarṇaṃ siddhabhūṣaṇam
And the loam of the bank, when it is dried by the breath of their mouths, becomes gold called jāmbūnada, the ornament of the siddhas.
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SiP 5 17.21
वनं चैत्ररथं पूर्वे दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः ।। विभ्राजं पश्चिमे तद्वदुत्तरे नन्दनं स्मृतम्
vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ pūrve dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ || vibhrājaṃ paścime tadvaduttare nandanaṃ smṛtam
On the east (of Meru) is the Caitraratha grove, on the south Gandhamādana; on the west Vibhrāja, and likewise on the north the grove known as Nandana.
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SiP 5 17.22
अरुणोदं महाभद्रं शीतोदं मानसं स्मृतम् ।। सरांस्येतानि चत्वारि देवभोग्यानि सर्वशः
aruṇodaṃ mahābhadraṃ śītodaṃ mānasaṃ smṛtam || sarāṃsyetāni catvāri devabhogyāni sarvaśaḥ
Aruṇoda, Mahābhadra, Śītoda and Mānasa are the names recorded; these four lakes are in every way for the enjoyment of the gods.
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SiP 5 17.23
शीतांजनः कुरुंगश्च कुररो माल्यवांस्तथा ।। चैकैकप्रमुखा मेरोः पूर्वतः केसराचलाः
śītāṃjanaḥ kuruṃgaśca kuraro mālyavāṃstathā || caikaikapramukhā meroḥ pūrvataḥ kesarācalāḥ
Śītāñjana, Kuruṅga, Kurara and Mālyavat — these, each foremost in turn, are the filament-mountains to the east of Meru.
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SiP 5 17.24
त्रिकूटश्शिशिरश्चैव पतंगो रुचकस्तथा।। निषधः कपिलायाश्च दक्षिणे केसराचलाः
trikūṭaśśiśiraścaiva pataṃgo rucakastathā|| niṣadhaḥ kapilāyāśca dakṣiṇe kesarācalāḥ
Trikūṭa, Śiśira, Pataṅga and likewise Rucaka, Niṣadha and Kapilā — (these are) the filament-mountains on the south.
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SiP 5 17.25
सिनी वासः कुसुंभश्च कपिलो नारदस्तथा ।। नागादयश्च गिरयः पश्चिमे केसराचलाः
sinī vāsaḥ kusuṃbhaśca kapilo nāradastathā || nāgādayaśca girayaḥ paścime kesarācalāḥ
Sinīvāsa, Kusumbha, Kapila and likewise Nārada, and the mountains beginning with Nāga, are the filament-mountains on the west.
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SiP 5 17.26
शंखचूडोऽथ ऋषभो हंसो नाम महीधरः।। कालंजराद्याश्च तथा उत्तरे केसराचलाः
śaṃkhacūḍo'tha ṛṣabho haṃso nāma mahīdharaḥ|| kālaṃjarādyāśca tathā uttare kesarācalāḥ
Śaṅkhacūḍa, then Ṛṣabha, the mountain named Haṃsa, and those beginning with Kālañjara — likewise (these are) the filament-mountains on the north.
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SiP 5 17.27
मेरोरुपरि मध्ये हि शातकौंभं विधेः पुरम्।। चतुर्द्दशसहस्राणि योजनानि च संख्यया
merorupari madhye hi śātakauṃbhaṃ vidheḥ puram|| caturddaśasahasrāṇi yojanāni ca saṃkhyayā
On the summit of Meru, in the middle, is the golden city of the Creator, fourteen thousand yojanas in extent by count.
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SiP 5 17.28
अष्टानां लोकपालानां परितस्तदनुक्रमात्।। यथादिशं यथारूपं पुरोऽष्टावुपकल्पिताः
aṣṭānāṃ lokapālānāṃ paritastadanukramāt|| yathādiśaṃ yathārūpaṃ puro'ṣṭāvupakalpitāḥ
All around it, in due order, for the eight guardians of the world, eight cities are laid out, each according to its direction and its form.
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SiP 5 17.29
तस्यां च ब्रह्मणः पुर्य्यां पातयित्वेन्दुमण्डलम् ।। विष्णुपादविनिष्क्रांता गंगा पतति वै नदी
tasyāṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ puryyāṃ pātayitvendumaṇḍalam || viṣṇupādaviniṣkrāṃtā gaṃgā patati vai nadī
And in that city of Brahmā, having caused the disc of the moon to fall (i.e. passing through it), the river Gaṅgā, issued from Viṣṇu's foot, falls down.
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SiP 5 17.31
सीता पूर्वेण शैलं हि नन्दा चैव तु दक्षिणे ।। सा चक्षुः पश्चिमे चैव भद्रा चोत्तरतो व्रजेत्
sītā pūrveṇa śailaṃ hi nandā caiva tu dakṣiṇe || sā cakṣuḥ paścime caiva bhadrā cottarato vrajet
Sītā (flows) east of the mountain, and Nandā to the south; that Cakṣu goes westward, and Bhadrā northward.
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SiP 5 17.32
गिरीनतीत्य सकलांश्चतुर्द्दिक्षु महांबुधिम् ।। सा ययौ प्रयता सूता गंगा त्रिपथगामिनी
girīnatītya sakalāṃścaturddikṣu mahāṃbudhim || sā yayau prayatā sūtā gaṃgā tripathagāminī
Passing beyond all the mountains, that pure river Gaṅgā, flowing in three paths, went to the great ocean in the four directions.
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SiP 5 17.33
सुनीलनिषधौ यौ तौ माल्यवद्गन्धमादनौ ।। तेषां मध्यगतो मेरुः कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः
sunīlaniṣadhau yau tau mālyavadgandhamādanau || teṣāṃ madhyagato meruḥ karṇikākārasaṃsthitaḥ
Those two, Sunīla and Niṣadha, and Mālyavat and Gandhamādana — Meru, standing in the middle of them, is set like the pericarp (of a lotus).
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SiP 5 17.34
भारतः केतुमालश्च भद्राश्वः कुरवस्तथा ।। पत्राणि लोकपद्मस्य मर्यादालोकपर्वताः
bhārataḥ ketumālaśca bhadrāśvaḥ kuravastathā || patrāṇi lokapadmasya maryādālokaparvatāḥ
Bhārata, Ketumāla, Bhadrāśva and the Kurus are the petals of the world-lotus, and the boundary mountains are the (mountains) of the world.
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SiP 5 17.35
जठरं देवकूटश्च आयामे दक्षिणोत्तरे ।। गन्धमादनकैलासौ पूर्वपश्चिमतो गतौ
jaṭharaṃ devakūṭaśca āyāme dakṣiṇottare || gandhamādanakailāsau pūrvapaścimato gatau
Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa extend in length to the south and north; Gandhamādana and Kailāsa run east and west.
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SiP 5 17.36
पूर्वपश्चिमतो मेरोर्निषधो नीलपर्वतः ।। दक्षिणोत्तरमायातौ कर्णिकांतर्व्यवस्थितौ
pūrvapaścimato merorniṣadho nīlaparvataḥ || dakṣiṇottaramāyātau karṇikāṃtarvyavasthitau
East and west of Meru are Niṣadha and the Nīla mountain; they extend south and north, standing within the pericarp.
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SiP 5 17.37
जठराद्याः स्थिता मेरोर्येषां द्वौ द्वौ व्यवस्थितौ ।। केसराः पर्वता एते श्वेताद्याः सुमनोरमाः
jaṭharādyāḥ sthitā meroryeṣāṃ dvau dvau vyavasthitau || kesarāḥ parvatā ete śvetādyāḥ sumanoramāḥ
Jaṭhara and the rest stand (about) Meru, of which two by two are set in place; these are the filament-mountains, Śveta and the rest, most delightful.
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SiP 5 17.38
शैलानामुत्तरे द्रोण्यस्सिद्धचारणसेविताः।। सुरम्याणि तथा तासु काननानि पुराणि च
śailānāmuttare droṇyassiddhacāraṇasevitāḥ|| suramyāṇi tathā tāsu kānanāni purāṇi ca
To the north of the mountains are the valleys, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas; and in them are most pleasant forests and cities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 17.39
सर्वेषां चैव देवानां यक्षगंधर्वरक्षसाम् ।। क्रीडंति देवदैतेयाश्शैलप्रायेष्वहर्निशम्
sarveṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ yakṣagaṃdharvarakṣasām || krīḍaṃti devadaiteyāśśailaprāyeṣvaharniśam
(These belong to) all the gods, the Yakṣas, Gandharvas and Rākṣasas; and the gods and Daiteyas sport day and night in the mountainous regions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 17.41
यानि किंपुरुषादीनि वर्षाण्यष्टौ महामुने ।। न तेषु शोको नापत्त्यो नोद्वेगः क्षुद्भयादिकम्
yāni kiṃpuruṣādīni varṣāṇyaṣṭau mahāmune || na teṣu śoko nāpattyo nodvegaḥ kṣudbhayādikam
As for those eight regions beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa, O great sage, in them there is no grief, no calamities, no agitation, no hunger, fear and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 17.42
स्वस्थाः प्रजा निरातंकास्सर्वदुःखविवर्जिताः ।। दशद्वादशवर्षाणां सहस्राणि स्थिरायुषः
svasthāḥ prajā nirātaṃkāssarvaduḥkhavivarjitāḥ || daśadvādaśavarṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi sthirāyuṣaḥ
The people (there) are healthy, free from affliction, devoid of all suffering, with fixed lifespans of ten and twelve thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 17.43
कृतत्रेतादिकाश्चैव भौमान्यंभांसि सर्वतः ।। न तेषु वर्षते देवस्तेषु स्थानेषु कल्पना
kṛtatretādikāścaiva bhaumānyaṃbhāṃsi sarvataḥ || na teṣu varṣate devasteṣu sthāneṣu kalpanā
And (there occur) the Kṛta, Tretā and the rest (of the ages); the waters (there) are of the earth, on all sides. The god (Indra) does not rain upon them — in those regions (such is only) a supposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 17.44
सप्तस्वेतेषु नद्यश्च सुजातास्स्वर्णवा लुकाः ।। शतशस्संति क्षुद्राश्च तासु क्रीडारता जनाः
saptasveteṣu nadyaśca sujātāssvarṇavā lukāḥ || śataśassaṃti kṣudrāśca tāsu krīḍāratā janāḥ
In these seven (regions) there are rivers too, finely formed, with golden sands; and there are hundreds of small ones, in which the people delight in sporting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition