Valleys between Mountains - Verse 46-47

The forest shines with spotted and brindled flowers blooming in every season. These flowers are two Hastas ( cubits) in length and three Hastas in girth. They have the colours of Kulyab two mountains Devapi (Hoja Sards) and Caya are the biggest salt cupolas and as such have sub-terranean gas. “Scientific investigation has shown that the Kulyab district is one of the biggest gas bearing districts in Tajikistan”, States P. Luknitsky in Soviet Tajikistan, p. 209. The Asrama of Brhaspati is probably modern Kulyab—AGP 93-95. The subterranean gas explains the phenomenon in w. 38-41 attributed to Samvartaka fire by the Purana writer.