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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 20]
the citizens;  sarvāsām —of all;  rājā —the king;  andhaḥ —food grains;  somaḥ —the moon-god;  naḥ —toward us;  āstu —let him remain favorable;  iti —thus.
TRANSLATION
[The inhabitants of Śālmalīdvīpa worship the demigod of the moon in the following words.] By his own rays, the moon-god has divided the month into two fortnights, known as śukla and kṛṣṇa, for the distribution of food grains to the pitās and the demigods. The demigod of the moon is he who divides time, and he is the king of all the residents of the universe. We therefore pray that he may remain our king and guide, and we offer him our respectful obeisances.
TEXT 13
एवं सुरोदाद्धरित्तदद्विगुणः समानेनावृतो घृतोदेन यथापूर्वः कुशद्वीपो यस्मिन् कुशस्तम्बो देवकृतस्तद्वद्वीपाख्याकरो ज्वलन इवापरः स्वशष्परोचिषा दिशो विराजयति ॥१३॥
evam surodād bahis tad-dvi-guṇaḥ samānenāvṛto ghṛtodena yathā-   pūrvaḥ kuśa-dvīpo yasmin kuśa-stambo deva-kṛtas tad-dvīpākhyākaro   jvalana ivāparaḥ sva-śaṣpa-rociṣā diśo virājayati.
evam —thus;  surodāt —from the ocean of liquor;  bahiḥ —outside;  tat-   dvi-guṇaḥ —twice that;  samānena —equal in width;  āvṛtaḥ —sur-  rounded ;  ghṛta-udena —an ocean of clarified butter;  yathā-pūrvaḥ —as previously with Śālmalīdvīpa;  kuśa-dvīpa —the island called Kuśadvīpa;  yasmin —in which;  kuśa-stambaḥ — kuśa  grass;  deva-kṛtaḥ —created by the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  tat-dvīpa-   ākhyā-karaḥ —giving the island its name;  jvalanaḥ —fire;  iva —like;  aparaḥ —another;  sva-śaṣpa-rociṣā —by the effulgence of the young sprouting grass;  diśaḥ —all directions;  virājayati —illuminates.
TRANSLATION
Outside the ocean of liquor is another island, known as Kuśadvīpa, which is 800,000 yojanas [6,400,000 miles] wide,