Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 20: Studying the Structure of the Universe. Text 24

एवं पुरस्तात्क्षीरोदात्परित उपवेशितः शाकद्वीपो द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षयोजनायामः
समानेन च दधिमण्डोदेन परीतो यस्मिन् शाको नाम महीरुहः स्वक्षेत्रव्यप
देशको यस्य ह महासुरभिगन्धस्तं द्वीपमनुवासयति ॥२४॥

evaá¹ purastÄt kṣīrodÄt parita upaveÅ›itaḥ Å›ÄkadvÄ«po dvÄtrimÅ›al-laká¹£a-yojanÄyÄmaḥ samÄnena ca dadhi-maṇá¸odena parÄ«to yasmin Å›Äko nÄma mahÄ«ruhaḥ sva-ká¹£etra-vyapadeÅ›ako yasya ha mahÄ-surabhi-gandhas taá¹ dvÄ«pam anuvÄsayati

 evam - thus; purastÄt - beyond; kṣīra-udÄt - from the ocean of milk; paritaḥ - all around; upaveÅ›itaḥ - situated; Å›Äka-dvÄ«paḥ - another island, known as ÅšÄkadvÄ«pa; dvÄ-trimÅ›at - thirty-two; laká¹£a - 100,000; yojana - yojanas; ÄyÄmaḥ - whose measure; samÄnena - of equal length; ca - and; dadhi-maṇá¸a-udena - by an ocean containing water resembling churned yogurt; parÄ«taḥ - surrounded; yasmin - in which land; Å›Äkaḥ - Å›Äka; nÄma - named; mahÄ«ruhaḥ - a fig tree; sva-ká¹£etra-vyapadeÅ›akaḥ - giving the island its name; yasya - of which; ha - indeed; mahÄ-surabhi - a greatly fragrant; gandhaḥ - aroma; tam dvÄ«pam - that island; anuvÄsayati - makes fragrant.


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Outside the Ocean of Milk is another island, ÅšÄkadvÄ«pa, which has a width of 3,200,000 yojanas [25,600,000 miles]. As KrauñcadvÄ«pa is surrounded by its own ocean of milk, ÅšÄkadvÄ«pa is surrounded by an ocean of churned yogurt as broad as the island itself. In ÅšÄkadvÄ«pa there is a big Å›Äka tree, from which the island takes its name. This tree is very fragrant. Indeed, it lends its scent to the entire island.

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