प्रादेशमात्रे नभसि सा तत्रैव गृहोदरे । ब्रह्माण्डान्तरमासाद्य गिरिग्रामकमन्दिरे ॥ ७ ॥
prādēśamātrē nabhasi sā tatraiva gṛhōdarē | brahmāṇḍāntaramāsādya girigrāmakamandirē || 7 ||
Translation
and within a span of space, right there in the hollow of the house, reached another world-egg, at the house in the mountain village;
Word by word
- prādēśa
- a span
- mātrē
- within
- nabhasi
- of space
- sā
- she
- tatra
- there
- ēva
- right
- gṛha
- of the house
- udarē
- in the hollow
- brahmāṇḍa
- world-egg
- antaram
- another
- āsādya
- reached
- giri
- mountain
- grāmaka
- in the village
- mandirē
- at the house
Meaning
A span (prādeśa) is the distance from thumb to forefinger. The whole cosmic journey of 3.23-3.25 happened within it.