बभूव याऽधिशैलेन्द्रं मृदित्वेवेन्द्रगोचरम् ।
कुषित्वा जगतां सारं सैका शङ्के कृता भुवि ॥

Karandikar —"which (originally) stood on the top of the mighty mountain (Sumeru), having pounded (surpassed) the kingdom (of heaven) under Indra. I presume that it is the only city constructed on the earth by extracting the essence of the world.
छन्दः अनुष्टुप् [८]
छन्दोविश्लेषणम्
१ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८
ब भू व या ऽधि शै ले न्द्रं
मृ दि त्वे वे न्द्र गो च रम्
कु षि त्वा ज ग तां सा रं
सै का श ङ्के कृ ता भु वि

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