Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 137
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 137
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उदकस्यायनं यस्मात्तस्मादुदधिरुच्यते। अपर्वाणस्तु गिरयः पर्वभिः पर्वताः स्मृताः।।
udakasyāyanaṃ yasmāttasmādudadhirucyate| aparvāṇastu girayaḥ parvabhiḥ parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ||
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Sūta said: The sea is called udadhi because it is the ultimate rest (Ayana) of water (Udaka). Mountains without knotty ridges are remembered as Giris and those with them are Parvatas.