Description of the world’s islands

Bhagavatham describes the beautiful landscape and all the rivers and mountains in various places. There are special majestic trees in these islands.

We will look at the most important points in these verses.

Here, Lord Surya is worshipped as the Swaroopam of Lord Vishnu. Sun is the witness of good and bad Karma. Moon is worshipped as He gives the elixir of life to the plants.

Now, Agni is worshipped as the messenger to Bhagavan in Yajnas. Then the various rivers and mountains are honoured.

Note – We have always honoured the Sun and Moon. For us, Sun is the source of energy and the most illuminated form visible to us. Naturally we see Surya as the symbol of Bhagavan.

We depend on the plants for food and our survival is possible only with the help from Moon. Our life moves on with the help of rivers and mountains and nature in its various forms.

(Bhagavatham 5.20.1 – 5.20.34)