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ŚB 5.16.28

मेरोर्मूर्धनि भगवत आत्मयोनेर्मध्यत उपक्‍ल‍ृप्तां पुरीमयुतयोजनसाहस्रीं समचतुरस्रां शातकौम्भीं वदन्ति ॥ २८ ॥
meror mūrdhani bhagavata ātma-yoner madhyata upakḷptāṁ purīm ayuta-yojana-sāhasrīṁ sama-caturasrāṁ śātakaumbhīṁ vadanti.

Synonyms

meroḥof Sumeru Mountain; mūrdhanion the head; bhagavataḥof the most powerful being; ātma-yoneḥof Lord Brahmā; madhyataḥin the middle; upakḷptāmsituated; purīmthe great township; ayuta-yojanaten thousand yojanas; sāhasrīmone thousand; sama-caturasrāmof the same length on all sides; śāta-kaumbhīmmade entirely of gold; vadantithe great learned sages say.

Translation

In the middle of the summit of Meru is the township of Lord Brahmā. Each of its four sides is calculated to extend for ten million yojanas [eighty million miles]. It is made entirely of gold, and therefore learned scholars and sages call it Śātakaumbhī.