Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 110
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 110
Sanskrit Original
चित्रैर्मणिमयैः शृङ्गैः शिलाजालैः समुच्छ्रितः। द्वीपस्य तस्य पूर्वर्द्धे चित्रसानुः स्थितो महान।।
citrairmaṇimayaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ śilājālaiḥ samucchritaḥ| dvīpasya tasya pūrvarddhe citrasānuḥ sthito mahān||
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).