Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.24

evam purastāt kshīrodāt parita upaveśitah śākadvīpo dvātrimśal-laksha-yojanāyāmah samānena ca dadhi-mandodena parīto yasmin śāko nāma mahīruhah sva-kshetra-vyapadeśako yasya ha mahā-surabhi-gandhas tam dvīpam anuvāsayati

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; purastāt — beyond; kshīra-udāt — from the ocean of milk; paritah — all around; upaveśitah — situated; śāka-dvīpah — another island, known as Śākadvīpa; dvā-trimśat — thirty-two; laksha — 100,000; yojana — yojanas; āyāmah — whose measure; samānena — of equal length; ca — and; dadhi-manda-udena — by an ocean containing water resembling churned yogurt; parītah — surrounded; yasmin — in which land; śākah — śāka; nāma — named; mahīruhah — a fig tree; sva-kshetra-vyapadeśakah — giving the island its name; yasya — of which; ha — indeed; mahā-surabhi — a greatly fragrant; gandhah — aroma; tam dvīpam — that island; anuvāsayati — makes fragrant.

TRANSLATION

Outside the ocean of milk is another island, Śākadvīpa, which has a width of 3,200,000 yojanas [25,600,000 miles]. As Krauñcadvīpa is surrounded by its own ocean of milk, Śākadvīpa is surrounded by an ocean of churned yogurt as broad as the island itself. In Śākadvīpa there is a big śāka 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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