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Contents of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa - Verse 71

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 71

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Sanskrit Original

कीर्त्यन्ते योजनाग्रेण ये च तत्र निवासिनः। भारतादीनि वर्षाणि नदीभिः पर्वतैस्तथा।।

kīrtyante yojanāgreṇa ye ca tatra nivāsinaḥ| bhāratādīni varṣāṇi nadībhiḥ parvataistathā||

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Sūta said:: The distance between pairs of these, the girth, height and extent of these mountains, all these are mentioned is so many Yojanas. The inhabitants of these mountains are recounted. Bharata and other sub-continents are described, along with the rivers and mountains therein. How they are inhabited by the mobile and the immobile living beings. Jambūdvīpa and other islands (continents) are surrounded by seven oceans. Thereafter the golden earth and Lokāloka (mountain) is described. These worlds have definite extents and magnitudes, consist of seven continents.