296 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 20

The energy of the Lord acts throughout the creation, just as heat and
light, the energies of the sun, act within the universe and make every-
thing work. The specific rivers mentioned in the sdstras are also energies
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and people who regularly bathe
in them are purified. It can actually be seen that many people are cured
of diseases simply by bathing in the Ganges. Similarly, the inhabitants of
Kraujficadvipa purify themselves by bathing in the rivers there.

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evam purastat ksirodat parita upavesitah sakadvipo dvatrimsal-laksa-
yojandydmah samanena ca dadhi-mandodena parito yasmin sako nama
mahiruhah sva-ksetra-vyapadesako yasya ha mahd-surabhi-gandhas
tam dvipam anuvasayati.

evam—thus; parastat—beyond; ksira-udat—from the ocean of milk;
paritah—all around; upavesitah—situated; saka-dvipah—another is-
land, known as Sakadvipa; dvd-trimsat—thirty-two; laksa—100,000;
yojana—yojanas; Gyamah—whose measure; samdnena—of equal
length; ca—and; dadhi-manda-udena—by an ocean containing water
resembling churned yogurt; paritah—surrounded; yasmin—in which
land; sadkah—saka; ndma—named; mahiruhah—a fig tree: sva-ksetra-
vyapadesakah—giving the island its name: yasya—of which; ha—in-
deed; mahd-surabhi—a greatly fragrant; gandhah—aroma: tam
dvipam—that island; anuvdsayati—makes fragrant.

TRANSLATION

Outside the ocean of milk is another island, Sakadvipa, which
has a width of 3,200,000 yojanas [25,600,000 miles]. As
Kraunicadvipa is surrounded by its own ocean of milk, Sakadvipa is
surrounded by an ocean of churned yogurt as broad as the island
