iti sammantrya bhagavān
durgaḿ dvādaśa-yojanam
antaḥ-samudre nagaraḿ
kṛtsnādbhutam acīkarat
iti -- thus; sammantrya -- consulting; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; durgam -- a fortress; dvadasa-yojanam -- twelve yojanas (about one hundred miles); antah -- within; samudre -- the sea; nagaram -- a city; kritsna -- with everything; adbhutam -- wonderful; acikarat -- He had made.