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Bhuvana Koia : Description of Seven Dvipas : Mountain ranges - Verse 21

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 45 · Verse 21

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Sanskrit Original

नानाहाराश्च जीवन्ति पुण्यपापनिमित्ततः। नवयोजनसाहस्त्रं वर्षमेतत प्रकीर्तितम। कर्मभूमिरियं विप्रा नराणामधिकारिणाम।।

nānāhārāśca jīvanti puṇyapāpanimittataḥ| navayojanasāhastraṃ varṣametat prakīrtitam| karmabhūmiriyaṃ viprā narāṇāmadhikāriṇām||

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Those pure-minded people do not get distressed. When the juice mixes up with the soil on its banks and gets completely dried up by wind it turns into gold called Jambunada of which Siddhas make their ornaments. The sub-continent called Bhadrasva is to the east of Meru and Ketumala is to its west. 22-24a. These two are sub-continents, O excellent sages, in between them is the sub-continent Ilavrta. The forest to the east is Gaitraratha, the forest to the south is Gandhamadana. The western forest should be known as Vaibhraja, the northern forest is the forest of Savitr. The four lakes always worthy of being enjoyed by Devas are—Arunoda, Mahabhadra, Asitoda and Manasa.i 24b-26. The following mountains are the residences of Siddhas. They are constructed by Devas viz. Sitanta, Kumudvan, Kururi, Malyavan, Vaikahka, Manisaila, the excellent mountains Vrksavan, Mahanila, Rucaka, Sasibindu, Mandara, Venuman, Megha, Nisadha and Deva.