loka - with light (or with inhabitants); alokaḥ - without light (or without inhabitants); iti - in this way; samākhyā - designation; yat - which; anena - by this; acalena - mountain; loka - of the land inhabited by living entities; alokasya - and of the land not inhabited by living entities; antarvartinā - which is in the middle; avasthāpyate - is established.

Between the lands inhabited by living entities and those that are uninhabited stands the great mountain which separates the two and which is therefore celebrated as Lokāloka.