आधारशक्तिं कूर्मञ्च शेषं पृथ्वीं तथैव च । सुधाम्बुधिं मणिद्वीपं पारिजाततरुं ततः ॥ १२९ ॥
ādhāraśaktiṁ kūrmañca śēṣaṁ pṛthvīṁ tathaiva ca | sudhāmbudhiṁ maṇidvīpaṁ pārijātataruṁ tataḥ || 129 ||
Translation
the Ādhāra-śakti, the tortoise, Śeṣa and the earth, the ocean of nectar, the jewelled island, the pārijāta tree,
Word by word
- ādhāraśaktiṁ
- the Ādhāra-śakti
- kūrmañca
- and the tortoise
- śēṣaṁ
- Śeṣa
- pṛthvīṁ
- the earth
- tathaiva
- and
- ca
- and
- sudhāmbudhiṁ
- the ocean of nectar
- maṇidvīpaṁ
- the jewelled island
- pārijātataruṁ
- the pārijāta tree
- tataḥ
- then
Meaning
The seat of the Goddess is pictured as a cosmos: from the support below to the jewelled pavilion.