Valleys of Men II - Verse 9
Varaha Purana (Motilal Banarsidass English translation, S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer) · 80 · Verse 9
Sanskrit Original
In it is the abode of the great lord Visnu. Between the mountains Sukla and Pandura there is a single rock ninety yojanas long and thirty yojanas broad without trees. In it there is a pond of still water with different kinds of lotuses.' In its middle is a big banyan tree spreading over five yojanas. Beneath it sits lord Siva wearing blue cloth, praised by Yaksas and others. Between the mountains Sahasrasikhara and Kumuda is a sugar-cane-like peak, fifty yojanas long and twenty yojanas broad, full of birds and numerous trees bearing tasty fruits. In it is the divine hermitage of Indra. Between Sankhakuta and Rsabha there is the beautiful grove of Punnaga trees extending over several yojanas and bearing sweet-smelling fruits as big as bilvas. In it live the Nagas and others inebriated with the juice of the Punnaga fruits.
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