# SB 5.21.1 > श्रीशुक उवाच > एतावानेव भूवलयस्य सन्निवेशः प्रमाणलक्षणतो व्याख्यातः ॥१॥ ## Text > śrī-śuka uvāca > etāvān eva bhū-valayasya sanniveśaḥ pramāṇa-lakṣaṇato vyākhyātaḥ. ## Synonyms *śrī-śukaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *etāvān*—so much; *eva*—certainly; *bhū-valayasya sanniveśaḥ*—the arrangement of the whole universe; *pramāṇa-lakṣaṇataḥ*—according to measurement (fifty *crores* of *yojanas,* or four billion miles in width and length) and characteristics; *vyākhyātaḥ*—estimated. ## Translation **Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, I have thus far described the diameter of the universe [fifty crores of yojanas, or four billion miles] and its general characteristics, according to the estimations of learned scholars.**