Description of the earth - Verse 19
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 2 · Verse 2.19
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Sanskrit Original
जम्बूद्वीपस्य सा जम्बूर नामहेतुर महामुने महागजप्रमाणानि जम्ब्वास तस्याः फलानि वै पतन्ति भूभृतः पृष्ठे शीर्यमाणानि सर्वतः ।।
jambūdvīpasya sā jambūr nāmahetur mahāmune mahāgajapramāṇāni jambvās tasyāḥ phalāni vai patanti bhūbhṛtaḥ pṛṣṭhe śīryamāṇāni sarvataḥ ||
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From Jambūdvīpa, there is a great sage named Jambū, whose fruits are as large as great elephants, and they fall on the back of the earth, wilting from all sides.