श्रीशुक उवाच जम्बूद्वीपस्य च राजन्नुपद्वीपानष्टौ हैक उपदिशन्ति सगरात्मजैरश्वान्वेषण इमां महीं परितो निखनद्भिरुपकल्पितान् ॥ २९ ॥ तद्यथा स्वर्णप्रस्थश्चन्द्रशुक्ल आवर्तनो रमणको मन्दरहरिण: पाञ्चजन्य: सिंहलो लङ्केति ॥ ३० ॥
sri-suka uvaca jambudvipasya ca rajann upadvipan astau haika upadisanti sagaratmajair asvanvesana imam mahim parito nikhanadbhir upakalpitan; tad yatha svarnaprasthas candrasukla avartano ramanako mandaraharinah pancajanyah simhalo lanketi.
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak
- jambudvipasya
- of the island known as Jambudvipa
- ca
- also
- rajan
- O King
- upadvipan astau
- eight subordinate islands
- ha
- certainly
- eke
- some
- upadisanti
- learned scholars describe
- sagara-atma-jaih
- by the sons of Maharaja Sagara
- asva-anvesane
- while trying to find their lost horse
- imam
- this
- mahim
- tract of land
- paritah
- all around
- nikhanadbhih
- digging
- upakalpitan
- created
- tat
- that
- yatha
- as follows
- svarna-prasthah
- Svarnaprastha
- candra-suklah
- Candrasukla
- avartanah
- Avartana
- ramanakah
- Ramanaka
- mandara-harinah
- Mandara-harina
- pancajanyah
- Pancajanya
- simhalah
- Simhala
- lanka
- Lanka
- iti
- thus
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, in the opinion of some learned scholars, eight smaller islands surround Jambudvipa. When the sons of Maharaja Sagara were searching all over the world for their lost horse, they dug up the earth, and in this way eight adjoining islands came into existence. The names of these islands are Svarnaprastha, Candrasukla, Avartana, Ramanaka, Mandara-harina, Pancajanya, Simhala and Lanka.