ŚB 8.2.1
Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
आसीद् गिरिवरो राजंस्त्रिकूट इति विश्रुत: ।
क्षीरोदेनावृत: श्रीमान्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रित: ॥ १ ॥
आसीद् गिरिवरो राजंस्त्रिकूट इति विश्रुत: ।
क्षीरोदेनावृत: श्रीमान्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रित: ॥ १ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
āsīd girivaro rājaṁs
trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ
kṣīrodenāvṛtaḥ śrīmān
yojanāyutam ucchritaḥ
āsīd girivaro rājaṁs
trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ
kṣīrodenāvṛtaḥ śrīmān
yojanāyutam ucchritaḥ
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; āsīt — there was; girivaraḥ — a very big mountain; rājan — O King; tri-kūṭaḥ — Trikūṭa; iti — thus; viśrutaḥ — celebrated; kṣīra-udena — by the Ocean of Milk; āvṛtaḥ — surrounded; śrīmān — very beautiful; yojana — a measurement of eight miles; ayutam — ten thousand; ucchritaḥ — very high.
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called Trikūṭa. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the Ocean of Milk, it is very beautifully situated.