Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 111
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 111
Sanskrit Original
स मण्डलसहस्राणि विस्तीर्णः पञ्चविंशतिः। उर्द्धं चैव चतुस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि महीतलात।।
sa maṇḍalasahasrāṇi vistīrṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatiḥ| urddhaṃ caiva catustriṃśatsahasrāṇi mahītalāt||
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).