Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 157
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 157
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Sanskrit Original
कुंभस्थायी भवेद्यादृवप्रतीच्यां दिशि चन्द्रमाः। आदितः शुक्लपक्षस्य वपुश्चाण्डस्य तद्विधम।।
kuṃbhasthāyī bhavedyādṛvapratīcyāṃ diśi candramāḥ| āditaḥ śuklapakṣasya vapuścāṇḍasya tadvidham||
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Sūta said: In the beginning of the bright half of the lunar month the moon appears as though it rests on a pot (i.e. is crescent-shaped) in the western quarter. The body of the cosmic egg too is like that.