Description of Plakṣa and other continents (dvīpa) - Verse 166
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 19 · Verse 166
Sanskrit Original
अनित्यं परतो ऽघोरमनालंबमनामयम। नैकयोजनसाहस्रं विप्रकृष्टमनावृतम।।
anityaṃ parato 'ghoramanālaṃbamanāmayam| naikayojanasāhasraṃ viprakṛṣṭamanāvṛtam||
Sūta said: It is endless and unmanifest. It is subtle in ten ways (?). It is boundless It is non-self-possessed. It has neither a beginning nor an end. When compared with the supreme Being, it is non-permanent. It is Aghora (not terrible). It has no support. It is free from ailment. It is many thousand Yojanas away. It is non-concealed. It is darkness itself. It has no brilliance. It is unlimited. It has no space (or support). It is unknown even unto the Devas. It is devoid of all activities. It is well known as the extremity of darkness. It is non-brilliant at the extremity of the ether. It is within the limit. It is the great abode of the lord.