शिवं यवसं सुभद्रं शान्तं क्षेमममृतमभयमिति वर्षाणि तेषु गिरयो नद्यश्च सप्तैवाभिज्ञाता: ॥ ३ ॥ मणिकूटो वज्रकूट इन्द्रसेनो ज्योतिष्मान् सुपर्णो हिरण्यष्ठीवो मेघमाल इति सेतुशैला: । अरुणा नृम्णाऽऽङ्गिरसी सावित्री सुप्तभाता ऋतम्भरा सत्यम्भरा इति महानद्य: । यासां जलोपस्पर्शनविधूतरजस्तमसो हंसपतङ्गोर्ध्वायनसत्याङ्गसंज्ञाश्चत्वारो वर्णा: सहस्रायुषो विबुधोपमसन्दर्शनप्रजनना: स्वर्गद्वारं त्रय्या विद्यया भगवन्तं त्रयीमयं सूर्यमात्मानं यजन्ते ॥ ४ ॥
sivam yavasam subhadram santam ksemam amrtam abhayam iti varsani tesu girayo nadyas ca saptaivabhijnatah; manikuto vajrakuta indraseno jyotisman suparno hiranyasthivo meghamala iti setu-sailah aruna nrmnangirasi savitri suptabhata rtambhara satyambhara iti maha-nadyah; yasam jalopasparsana-vidhuta-rajas-tamaso hamsa-patangordhvayana-satyanga-samjnas catvaro varnah sahasrayuso vibudhopama-sandarsana-prajananah svarga-dvaram trayya vidyaya bhagavantam trayimayam suryam atmanam yajante.
- sivam
- Siva
- yavasam
- Yavasa
- subhadram
- Subhadra
- santam
- Santa
- ksemam
- Ksema
- amrtam
- Amrta
- abhayam
- Abhaya
- iti
- thus
- varsani
- the tracts of land according to the names of the seven sons
- tesu
- in them
- girayah
- mountains
- nadyah ca
- and rivers
- sapta
- seven
- eva
- indeed
- abhijnatah
- are known
- mani-kutah
- Manikuta
- vajra-kutah
- Vajrakuta
- indra-senah
- Indrasena
- jyotisman
- Jyotisman
- suparnah
- Suparna
- hiranya-sthivah
- Hiranyasthiva
- megha-malah
- Meghamala
- iti
- thus
- setu-sailah
- the ranges of mountains marking the borders of the varsas
- aruna
- Aruna
- nrmna
- Nrmna
- angirasi
- Angirasi
- savitri
- Savitri
- supta-bhata
- Suptabhata
- rtambhara
- Rtambhara
- satyambhara
- Satyambhara
- iti
- thus
- maha-nadyah
- very large rivers
- yasam
- of which
- jala-upasparsana
- simply by touching the water
- vidhuta
- washed off
- rajah-tamasah
- whose modes of passion and ignorance
- hamsa
- Hamsa
- patanga
- Patanga
- urdhvayana
- Urdhvayana
- satyanga
- Satyanga
- samjnah
- named
- catvarah
- four
- varnah
- castes or divisions of men
- sahasra-ayusah
- living for one thousand years
- vibudha-upama
- similar to the demigods
- sandarsana
- in having very beautiful forms
- prajananah
- and in producing children
- svarga-dvaram
- the gateway to the heavenly planets
- trayya vidyaya
- by performing ritualistic ceremonies according to Vedic principles
- bhagavantam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- trayi-mayam
- established in the Vedas
- suryam atmanam
- the Supersoul, represented by the sun-god
- yajante
- they worship
The seven islands [varsas] are named according to the names of those seven sons — Siva, Yavasa, Subhadra, Santa, Ksema, Amrta and Abhaya. In those seven tracts of land, there are seven mountains and seven rivers. The mountains are named Manikuta, Vajrakuta, Indrasena, Jyotisman, Suparna, Hiranyasthiva and Meghamala, and the rivers are named Aruna, Nrmna, Angirasi, Savitri, Suptabhata, Rtambhara and Satyambhara. One can immediately be free from material contamination by touching or bathing in those rivers, and the four castes of people who live in Plaksadvipa — the Hamsas, Patangas, Urdhvayanas and Satyangas — purify themselves in that way. The inhabitants of Plaksadvipa live for one thousand years. They are beautiful like the demigods, and they also beget children like the demigods. By completely performing the ritualistic ceremonies mentioned in the Vedas and by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead as represented by the sun-god, they attain the sun, which is a heavenly planet.