Ilāvṛta sub-continent - Verse 10
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 49.10
Sanskrit Original
हिरण्मयात्परं चापि शृङ्गी चैव कुरुः स्मृतः। धनुःसंस्थे तु विज्ञेये द्वे वर्षे दक्षिणोत्तरे।।
hiraṇmayātparaṃ cāpi śṛṅgī caiva kuruḥ smṛtaḥ| dhanuḥsaṃsthe tu vijñeye dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare||
Sūta said: This sub-continent south of the Himavat is known as Bhārata. Hemakūṭa is beyond that. The sub-continent within it is Kimpuruṣa. Niṣadha is beyond Hemakūṭa. Its sub-continent is called Harivarṣa. Beyond Harivarṣa and Meru is the splendid llāvṛta. Beyond llāvṛta is Nīla and the sub-continent Ramyaka. Beyond Ramyaka is Śveta and the sub-continent known as Hiraṇmaya. The mountain beyond Hiraṇmaya is known as Śṛṅgī and sub-continent beyond, it is Kuru. The two Varṣas one in the south and one in the north (i.e. Himavaṛsa and Ramyaka) are stationed like an arch.