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Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 109

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 109

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Sanskrit Original

शाकद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद्द्विगुणेन संमततः। पुष्करे पर्वतः श्रीमानेक एव महाशिलः।।

śākadvīpasya vistārāddviguṇena saṃmatataḥ| puṣkare parvataḥ śrīmāneka eva mahāśilaḥ||

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Sūta said: I shall describe Puṣkara the seventh continent. Understand it. The ocean with milk as its liquid content is externally surrounded on all sides by the continent Puṣkara which is twice as much as the Śākadvīpa in extent. There is only one glorious mountain with huge rocky cliffs. It possesses peaks, clusters of cliffs of various (sizes and shapes), full of precious jewels. It is extremely lofty and it has variegated ridges. This great mountain has diversified ridges in the eastern half of the continent. It is very extensive—of twenty-five thousand (Yojanas)—with a number of ridges. It rises up from the ground level upto thirty-four thousand (Yojanas).