Worlds from Maharloka to Siva's City1 - Verse 260-264
Vayu Purana (G. V. Tagare English translation) · 100 · Verse 260-264
Sanskrit Original
Some are hunch-backed; some are dwarfish; some have beautiful bodies; some are horse-faced ; a few are slender like the red variety of sugarcane; some are hideous and terrible with flat faces; some have loosely hanging bellies; a few have short arms. Some have no eyes, some are small-footed; a few have the faces of the lord of beasts; others have faces and bellies like those of elephants; others are elephant-faced; a few are lion-faced and tiger-faced; some have red eyes; some beauties have huge breasts and charming eyes ; there are beautiful ladies with curly locks of hair and comely eyes ; others can assume any form they wish. There are women with different dresses and features. They are worthy of the abode of the lord ; they move about everywhere within the palace. Lord Mabelvara of ten arms sports therein.