जम्बूप्लक्षशाल्मलिकुशक्रौञ्चशाकपुष्करसंज्ञास्तेषां परिमाणं पूर्वस्मात्पूर्वस्मादुत्तर
उत्तरो यथासङ्ख्यं द्विगुणमानेन बहिः समन्तत उपकॢप्ताः ॥३२॥

jambÅ«-plaká¹£a-Å›Älmali-kuÅ›a-krauñca-Å›Äka-puá¹£kara-saá¹jñÄs teá¹£Äá¹ parimÄṇaá¹ pÅ«rvasmÄt pÅ«rvasmÄd uttara uttaro yathÄ-saá¹…khyaá¹ dvi-guṇa-mÄnena bahiḥ samantata upakḷptÄḥ

 jambÅ« - JambÅ«; plaká¹£a - Plaká¹£a; Å›Älmali - ÅšÄlmali; kuÅ›a - KuÅ›a; krauñca - Krauñca; Å›Äka - ÅšÄka; puá¹£kara - Puá¹£kara; saá¹jñÄḥ - known as; teá¹£Äm - of them; parimÄṇam - measurement; pÅ«rvasmÄt pÅ«rvasmÄt - from the former; uttaraḥ uttaraḥ - the following; yathÄ - according to; saá¹…khyam - number; dvi-guṇa - twice as much; mÄnena - with a measure; bahiḥ - outside; samantataḥ - all around; upakḷptÄḥ - produced.


Text

The names of the islands are JambÅ«, Plaká¹£a, ÅšÄlmali, KuÅ›a, Krauñca, ÅšÄka and Puá¹£kara. Each island is twice as large as the one preceding it, and each is surrounded by a liquid substance, beyond which is the next island.

Purport

The ocean in each planetary system has a different type of liquid. How they are situated is explained in the next verse.