# SB 8.2.1 > श्रीशुक उवाच > आसीद्गिरिवरो राजंस्त्रिकूट इति विश्रुतः > क्षीरोदेनावृतः श्रीमान्योजनायुतमुच्छ्रितः ॥१॥ ## Text > śrī-śuka uvāca > āsīd girivaro rājaṁs > trikūṭa iti viśrutaḥ > kṣīrodenāvṛtaḥ śrīmān > yojanāyutam ucchritaḥ ## Synonyms *śrī-śukaḥ uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *āsīt*—there was; *girivaraḥ*—a very big mountain; *rājan*—O King; *tri-kūṭaḥ*—Trikūṭa; *iti*—thus; *viśrutaḥ*—celebrated; *kṣīra-udena*—by the ocean of milk; *āvṛtaḥ*—surrounded; *śrīmān*—very beautiful; *yojana*—a measurement of eight miles; *ayutam*—ten thousand; *ucchritaḥ*—very high. ## Translation **Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, there is a very large mountain called Trikūṭa. It is ten thousand yojanas [eighty thousand miles] high. Being surrounded by the ocean of milk, it is very beautifully situated.**