Description of the Jambūdvīpa - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 18 · Verse 3
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Sanskrit Original
मदं नाम्ना कुमुद्वत्त्त्सरस्तूदधिसन्निभम। तस्माद्दिव्यात्प्रभवति नदी मन्दाकिनी शुभा।।
madaṃ nāmnā kumudvatttsarastūdadhisannibham| tasmāddivyātprabhavati nadī mandākinī śubhā||
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The king, the overlord of Alakā, rejoices (there) with the celestial damsels attending on him. The sacred splendid and chill water originating from the foot of the Kailāsa mountain has formed a lake named Mada (Manda, in Vā.P. 47.2). It abounds in white lilies and it resembles a sea. The auspicious river Mandākinī (the Gaṅgā) rises from that divine (lake).