Description of Kailasa - Verse 44-47

There are hundreds and thousands of hermitages of the sages Mrkanda, Vasistha, Bharata, Nala, Visvamitra, Uddalaka and others, of severe penance and purified souls, on the mountain Himavat. This excellent mountain, the abode of many Siddhas, is decorated by their temples and holy spots. Yaksas and Gandharvas move about here and there. Several groups of Mlecchas too live there. It abounds in mines ofjewels. It is resorted to by different animals. It is the source of origin of thousands of rivers.