Agni Purana — Chapter 108

AgP 108.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे स्वायम्भुवः सर्गो नाम सप्ताधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१०८} :श् अथाष्टाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः भुवनकोषः अग्निर् उवाच जम्बूप्लक्षाह्वयौ द्वीपौ शाल्मलिश्चापरो महान् कुशः क्रौञ्चस् तथा शाकः पुष्करश्चेति सप्तमः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe svāyambhuvaḥ sargo nāma saptādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {108} :ś athāṣṭādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ bhuvanakoṣaḥ agnir uvāca jambūplakṣāhvayau dvīpau śālmaliścāparo mahān kuśaḥ krauñcas tathā śākaḥ puṣkaraśceti saptamaḥ

[Thus ends the one hundred and seventh chapter, called "The Creation of Svāyambhuva", in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 108. Now the one hundred and eighth chapter: the Sphere of the Worlds.] Agni said: The two continents named Jambū and Plakṣa, and the other great one, Śālmali, Kuśa, Krauñca, and Śāka, and Puṣkara as the seventh.

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AgP 108.2

:न् १ योगप्रस्तारे इति ग॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च २ इन्द्रद्युम्नोभ्यजायतेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ३ प्रतीहारादित्यादिः, प्रस्तारतः सुत इत्य् अन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ४ दुष्टादुष्टश् च विरजा इति ख॥ :प् ३६७ एते द्वीपाः समुद्रैस्तु सप्त सप्तभिरावृताः लवणेक्षुसुरासर्पिर्दधिदुग्धजलैः समं(१)

:n 1 yogaprastāre iti ga.. , ja.. , jha.. ca 2 indradyumnobhyajāyateti kha.. , cha.. ca 3 pratīhārādityādiḥ, prastārataḥ suta ity antaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti 4 duṣṭāduṣṭaś ca virajā iti kha.. :p 367 ete dvīpāḥ samudraistu sapta saptabhirāvṛtāḥ lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdadhidugdhajalaiḥ samaṃ(1)

[Footnotes: 1 ga, ja and jha read "yogaprastāre"; 2 kha and cha read "indradyumno 'bhyajāyata"; 3 the passage from "pratīhārāt" up to "prastārataḥ sutaḥ" is not in the jha manuscript; 4 kha reads "duṣṭāduṣṭaś ca virajāḥ". Page 367.] These seven continents are surrounded by seven oceans equally — of salt, sugarcane juice, wine, clarified butter, curds, milk and water.

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AgP 108.3

जम्बूद्वीपो द्वीपमध्ये(२) तन्मध्ये मेरुरुच्छ्रितः(३) चतुरशीतिसाहस्रो भूयिष्ठः(४) षोडशाद्विराट्

jambūdvīpo dvīpamadhye(2) tanmadhye merurucchritaḥ(3) caturaśītisāhasro bhūyiṣṭhaḥ(4) ṣoḍaśādvirāṭ

Jambūdvīpa is in the middle of the continents, and in its middle Meru rises up, eighty-four thousand (yojanas), the greatest, (rising) sixteen (thousand) above.

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AgP 108.4

द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तरात् षोडशाधः(५) सहस्रवान् भूयस्तस्यास्य(६) शैलो ऽसौ कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः

dvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistarāt ṣoḍaśādhaḥ(5) sahasravān bhūyastasyāsya(6) śailo 'sau karṇikākārasaṃsthitaḥ

Thirty-two thousand in extent at the summit, sixteen thousand below; that mountain of his stands in the shape of a lotus-pericarp.

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AgP 108.5

हिमवान् हेमकूटश् च निषधश्चास्य दक्षिणे नीलः श्वेतश् च शृङ्गो च उत्तरे वर्षपर्वताः

himavān hemakūṭaś ca niṣadhaścāsya dakṣiṇe nīlaḥ śvetaś ca śṛṅgo ca uttare varṣaparvatāḥ

Himavat, Hemakūṭa and Niṣadha are to its south; Nīla, Śveta and Śṛṅgin are to the north — these are the boundary mountains of the regions.

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AgP 108.6

लक्षप्रमाणौ द्वौ मध्ये दशहीनास् तथापरे सहस्रद्वितयोछ्रायास्तावद्विस्तारिणश् च ते

lakṣapramāṇau dvau madhye daśahīnās tathāpare sahasradvitayochrāyāstāvadvistāriṇaś ca te

Two of them in the middle measure a hundred thousand (yojanas), and the others are less by ten thousand; they are two thousand in height and just as much in breadth.

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AgP 108.7

भारतं प्रथमं वर्षन्ततः किम्पुरुषं स्मृतं हरिवर्सन्तथैवान्यन्मेरोर्दक्षिणतो द्विज

bhārataṃ prathamaṃ varṣantataḥ kimpuruṣaṃ smṛtaṃ harivarsantathaivānyanmerordakṣiṇato dvija

The first region is Bhārata; after it Kimpuruṣa is recorded; and likewise another, Harivarṣa — (these are) to the south of Meru, O twice-born one.

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AgP 108.8

रम्यकं चोत्तरे वर्षं तथैवान्यद्धिरण्मयं(७) उत्तराः कुरवश् चैव यथा वै भारतं तथा

ramyakaṃ cottare varṣaṃ tathaivānyaddhiraṇmayaṃ(7) uttarāḥ kuravaś caiva yathā vai bhārataṃ tathā

And to the north (are) the region Ramyaka, and likewise another, Hiraṇmaya, and the Uttarakurus; as Bhārata is, so are they.

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AgP 108.9

नवसाहस्रमेकैकमेतेषां मुनिसत्तम इलावृतञ्च तन्मध्ये सौवर्णा मेरुरुछ्रितः

navasāhasramekaikameteṣāṃ munisattama ilāvṛtañca tanmadhye sauvarṇā meruruchritaḥ

Each one of these is nine thousand (yojanas), O best of sages; and in the middle of them is Ilāvṛta, where golden Meru rises up.

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AgP 108.10

मेरोश् चतुर्दिशन्तत्र नवसाहस्रविस्तृतं(८) :न् १ दधिदुग्धजलान्तका इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ जम्बूद्वीपस्तस्य मध्ये इति ज॥ ३ मेरुरुत्थित इति झ॥ ४ भूमिष्ठ इति घ॥ , ज॥ च । भुविस्थ इति ङ॥ ५ षोडशांश इति झ॥ ६ भूपाद्मस्यास्य इति ख॥ , ग॥ , छ॥ च ७ तथैवात्र हिरण्मयमिति ग॥ । तथैवाथ हिरण्मयमिति ज॥ ८ इलावृतश्चेत्यादिः, नवसाहस्रविस्तृतमित्यन्तः पाठो छ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् ३६८ इलावृतं महाभाग चत्वारश्चात्र पर्वताः

meroś caturdiśantatra navasāhasravistṛtaṃ(8) :n 1 dadhidugdhajalāntakā iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 jambūdvīpastasya madhye iti ja.. 3 merurutthita iti jha.. 4 bhūmiṣṭha iti gha.. , ja.. ca / bhuvistha iti ṅa.. 5 ṣoḍaśāṃśa iti jha.. 6 bhūpādmasyāsya iti kha.. , ga.. , cha.. ca 7 tathaivātra hiraṇmayamiti ga.. / tathaivātha hiraṇmayamiti ja.. 8 ilāvṛtaścetyādiḥ, navasāhasravistṛtamityantaḥ pāṭho cha.. pustake nāsti :p 368 ilāvṛtaṃ mahābhāga catvāraścātra parvatāḥ

On the four sides of Meru there, nine thousand (yojanas) in extent [footnotes: 1 kha and cha read "dadhidugdhajalāntakāḥ"; 2 ja reads "jambūdvīpastasya madhye"; 3 jha reads "merurutthitaḥ"; 4 gha and ja read "bhūmiṣṭhaḥ", ṅa reads "bhuvisthaḥ"; 5 jha reads "ṣoḍaśāṃśaḥ"; 6 kha, ga and cha read "bhūpādmasyāsya"; 7 ga reads "tathaivātra hiraṇmayam", ja reads "tathaivātha hiraṇmayam"; 8 the passage from "ilāvṛtaḥ" up to "navasāhasravistṛtam" is not in the cha manuscript; page 368] is Ilāvṛta, O greatly fortunate one, and there are four mountains there.

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AgP 108.11

विष्कम्भा रचिता मेरोर्योजनायुतविस्तृताः(१) पूर्वेण मन्दरो नाम दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः

viṣkambhā racitā meroryojanāyutavistṛtāḥ(1) pūrveṇa mandaro nāma dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ

Buttressing mountains have been set as supports of Meru, ten thousand yojanas in extent: on the east, Mandara by name; on the south, Gandhamādana.

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AgP 108.12

विपुलः पश्चिमे पार्श्वे सुपार्श्वश्चोत्तरे स्मृतः(२) कदम्बस्तेषु जम्बुश् च पिप्पलो बट एव च

vipulaḥ paścime pārśve supārśvaścottare smṛtaḥ(2) kadambasteṣu jambuś ca pippalo baṭa eva ca

On the western side, Vipula; and on the north, Supārśva is recorded. On them (grow) the kadamba, the jambū, the pippala and the banyan.

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AgP 108.13

एकादशशतायामाः पादपा गिरिकेतवः जम्बूद्वीपेति सञ्ज्ञा स्यात् फलं जम्बा गजोपमं

ekādaśaśatāyāmāḥ pādapā giriketavaḥ jambūdvīpeti sañjñā syāt phalaṃ jambā gajopamaṃ

These trees, eleven hundred (yojanas) in height, are the banners of the mountains. From the jambū (tree) comes the name Jambūdvīpa; the jambū fruit is like an elephant (in size).

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AgP 108.14

जम्बूनदीरसेनास्यास्त्विदं जाम्बूनदं(३) परं सुपार्श्वः पूर्वतो मेरोः केतुमालस्तु पश्चिमे

jambūnadīrasenāsyāstvidaṃ jāmbūnadaṃ(3) paraṃ supārśvaḥ pūrvato meroḥ ketumālastu paścime

From the juice of the jambū river(-fruit) comes this supreme Jāmbūnada gold; Supārśva lies east of Meru, and Ketumāla in the west.

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AgP 108.15

वनं चैत्ररथं पूर्वे दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः वैभ्राजं पश्चिमे सौम्ये नन्दनञ्च सरांस्यथ

vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ pūrve dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ vaibhrājaṃ paścime saumye nandanañca sarāṃsyatha

The Caitraratha grove (is) in the east, Gandhamādana in the south, Vaibhrāja in the west, and Nandana in the north; next, the lakes.

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AgP 108.16

अरुणोदं महाभद्रं संशितोदं(५) समानसं शिताभश् चक्रमुञ्जाद्याः पूर्वतः केशराचलाः(५)

aruṇodaṃ mahābhadraṃ saṃśitodaṃ(5) samānasaṃ śitābhaś cakramuñjādyāḥ pūrvataḥ keśarācalāḥ(5)

Aruṇoda, Mahābhadra, Saṃśitoda (Asitoda), Samānasa; Śitābha, Cakra, Muñja and the rest are the filament-mountains (keśara) on the east.

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AgP 108.17

दक्षिणेन्द्रेस्त्रिकूटाद्याः शिशिवासमुखा जले(६) शङ्खकूटादयः सौम्ये मेरौ च ब्रह्मणः पुरी

dakṣiṇendrestrikūṭādyāḥ śiśivāsamukhā jale(6) śaṅkhakūṭādayaḥ saumye merau ca brahmaṇaḥ purī

On the south, Trikūṭa and the rest; the Śiśivāsa-fronted ones in the water; on the north, Śaṅkhakūṭa and the rest; and on Meru is the city of Brahmā.

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AgP 108.18

चतुर्दशसहस्राणि योजनानाञ्च दिक्षु च इन्द्रादिलोकपालानां समन्तात् ब्रह्मणः पुरः

caturdaśasahasrāṇi yojanānāñca dikṣu ca indrādilokapālānāṃ samantāt brahmaṇaḥ puraḥ

(It measures) fourteen thousand yojanas; and in the (several) directions, all around Brahmā's city, (are the cities) of the world-guardians beginning with Indra.

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AgP 108.19

विष्णुपादात् प्लावयित्वा चन्द्रं स्वर्गात् पतन्त्यपि पूर्वेण शीता भद्राश्वाच्छैलाच्छैलाद्गतार्णवं

viṣṇupādāt plāvayitvā candraṃ svargāt patantyapi pūrveṇa śītā bhadrāśvācchailācchailādgatārṇavaṃ

Falling from heaven, from the foot of Viṣṇu, and flooding the moon, on the east the Śītā (flows) from Bhadrāśva, from mountain to mountain, and reaches the ocean.

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AgP 108.20

तथैवालकनन्दापि दक्षिणेनैव भारतं(७) :न् १ योजनायुतमुच्छ्रिता इति घ॥ २ सुपार्श्वश्चोत्तरे स्थित इति घ॥ ३ रसनास्माद्धेमजाम्बुनदमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च ४ असितोदमिति ज॥ ५ पूर्वतः शिशिराचला इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ च ६ शशिवाममुखा जले इति ख॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च ७ दक्षिणेन च भारतमिति ख॥ । दक्षिणेनैति भारतमिति ग॥ :प् ३६९ प्रयाति सागरं कृत्वा सप्तभेदाथ पश्चिमं

tathaivālakanandāpi dakṣiṇenaiva bhārataṃ(7) :n 1 yojanāyutamucchritā iti gha.. 2 supārśvaścottare sthita iti gha.. 3 rasanāsmāddhemajāmbunadamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca 4 asitodamiti ja.. 5 pūrvataḥ śiśirācalā iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ja.. ca 6 śaśivāmamukhā jale iti kha.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca 7 dakṣiṇena ca bhāratamiti kha.. / dakṣiṇenaiti bhāratamiti ga.. :p 369 prayāti sāgaraṃ kṛtvā saptabhedātha paścimaṃ

Likewise the Alakanandā too, by the south, (goes) through Bhārata and reaches the sea, having made seven divisions; then, on the west,

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AgP 108.21

अब्धिञ्च चक्षुःसौम्याब्धिं भद्रोत्तरकुरूनपि(१) आनीलनिषधायामौ(२) माल्यवद्गन्धमादनौ

abdhiñca cakṣuḥsaumyābdhiṃ bhadrottarakurūnapi(1) ānīlaniṣadhāyāmau(2) mālyavadgandhamādanau

...and the ocean; the Cakṣu (goes) to the northern ocean, and (waters) Bhadra and Uttarakuru as well. Extending from Nīla to Niṣadha (are) Mālyavat and Gandhamādana.

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AgP 108.22

तयोर्मध्यगतो मेरुः कर्णिकाकारसंस्थितः भारताः केतुमालाश् च भद्राश्वाः कुरवस् तथा

tayormadhyagato meruḥ karṇikākārasaṃsthitaḥ bhāratāḥ ketumālāś ca bhadrāśvāḥ kuravas tathā

Meru, standing between those two, has the form of a lotus-pericarp; the Bhāratas, the Ketumālas, the Bhadrāśvas and the Kurus

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AgP 108.23

पत्राणि लोकपद्मस्य मर्यादाशैलवाह्यतः जठरो देवकूटश् च मर्यादापर्वतावुभौ(३)

patrāṇi lokapadmasya maryādāśailavāhyataḥ jaṭharo devakūṭaś ca maryādāparvatāvubhau(3)

(are) the petals of the world-lotus, outside the boundary mountains. Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa are both boundary mountains.

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AgP 108.24

तौ दक्षिणोत्तरायामावानीलनिषधायतौ गन्धमादनकैलासौ पूर्ववचायतावुभौ(४)

tau dakṣiṇottarāyāmāvānīlaniṣadhāyatau gandhamādanakailāsau pūrvavacāyatāvubhau(4)

Those two extend north and south, stretching as far as Nīla and Niṣadha; Gandhamādana and Kailāsa are both extended as before.

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AgP 108.25

अशीतियोजनायामावर्णवान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ निषधः पारिपात्रश् च मर्यादापर्वतावुभौ

aśītiyojanāyāmāvarṇavāntarvyavasthitau niṣadhaḥ pāripātraś ca maryādāparvatāvubhau

The two, eighty yojanas in extent, are set within the ocean; Niṣadha and Pāripātra are both boundary mountains.

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AgP 108.26

मेरोः पश्चिमदिग्भागे यथा पूर्वे तथा स्थितौ त्रिशृङ्गो रुधिरश् चैव उत्तरौ वर्षपर्वतौ

meroḥ paścimadigbhāge yathā pūrve tathā sthitau triśṛṅgo rudhiraś caiva uttarau varṣaparvatau

On the western quarter of Meru they stand just as (those) in the east. Triśṛṅga and Rudhira are the two northern varṣa-mountains.

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AgP 108.27

पूर्वपञ्चायतावेतावर्णवान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ जाठराद्याश् च मर्यादाशैला मेरोश् चतुर्दिशं

pūrvapañcāyatāvetāvarṇavāntarvyavasthitau jāṭharādyāś ca maryādāśailā meroś caturdiśaṃ

These two extend as those before, and are set within the ocean; the boundary mountains beginning with Jaṭhara (lie) in the four directions of Meru.

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AgP 108.28

केशरादिषु या द्रोण्यस्तासु सन्ति पुराणि हि लक्ष्मीविष्ण्वग्निसूर्यादिदेवानां मुनिसत्तम

keśarādiṣu yā droṇyastāsu santi purāṇi hi lakṣmīviṣṇvagnisūryādidevānāṃ munisattama

The valleys that lie among the Keśara mountains and the rest — in them there are cities of the gods Lakṣmī, Viṣṇu, Agni, Sūrya and others, O best of sages.

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AgP 108.29

भौमानां स्वर्गधर्माणां न पापास्तत्र यान्ति च(५) :न् १ भद्रोद्भवकुरूनपि इति ख॥ २ अलीननिषधायामा इति ख॥ , छ॥ च ३ रम्यकमित्यादिः, मर्यादापर्वतावुभावित्यन्न्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ४ पूर्वपश्चायतावुभौ इति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च ५ भुमाः स्वर्गा धर्मिणान्ते न पापास्तत्र यान्ति च इति छ॥ , ङ॥ च ।मौमानां स्वर्गधर्माणां तनया ह्य् अत्र यान्ति चेति ग॥ , घ॥ च भोगिनां स्वर्गधर्माणां तनयास्तत्र यान्ति चेति ज॥ :प् ३७० भद्राश्वे ऽस्ति हयग्रीवो वराहः केतुमालके

bhaumānāṃ svargadharmāṇāṃ na pāpāstatra yānti ca(5) :n 1 bhadrodbhavakurūnapi iti kha.. 2 alīnaniṣadhāyāmā iti kha.. , cha.. ca 3 ramyakamityādiḥ, maryādāparvatāvubhāvityanntaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti 4 pūrvapaścāyatāvubhau iti gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca 5 bhumāḥ svargā dharmiṇānte na pāpāstatra yānti ca iti cha.. , ṅa.. ca /maumānāṃ svargadharmāṇāṃ tanayā hy atra yānti ceti ga.. , gha.. ca bhogināṃ svargadharmāṇāṃ tanayāstatra yānti ceti ja.. :p 370 bhadrāśve 'sti hayagrīvo varāhaḥ ketumālake

...of earth-dwellers whose duties are those of heaven; and the wicked do not go there. In Bhadrāśva there is (Viṣṇu as) Hayagrīva, in Ketumāla as the Boar,

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AgP 108.30

भारते कूर्मरूपी च मत्स्यरूपः कुरुष्वपि विश्वरूपेण सर्वत्र पूज्यते भगवान् हरिः

bhārate kūrmarūpī ca matsyarūpaḥ kuruṣvapi viśvarūpeṇa sarvatra pūjyate bhagavān hariḥ

in Bhārata in tortoise form, and in the Kurus in fish form; everywhere the Lord Hari is worshipped in his universal form.

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AgP 108.31

किम्पुरुषाद्यष्टसु क्षुद्भीतिशोकादिकं न च चत्तुर्विंशतिसाहस्रं प्रजा जीवन्त्यनामयाः

kimpuruṣādyaṣṭasu kṣudbhītiśokādikaṃ na ca catturviṃśatisāhasraṃ prajā jīvantyanāmayāḥ

In the eight (regions) beginning with Kimpuruṣa there is no hunger, fear, sorrow and the like; the people live twenty-four thousand (years) free of disease.

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AgP 108.32

कृतादिकल्पना नास्ति भौमान्यम्भांसि नाम्बुदाः सर्वेष्वेतेषु वर्षेषु सप्त सप्त कुलाचलाः

kṛtādikalpanā nāsti bhaumānyambhāṃsi nāmbudāḥ sarveṣveteṣu varṣeṣu sapta sapta kulācalāḥ

There is no reckoning of Kṛta and the other (ages); the waters are of the earth, not from clouds. In all these regions there are seven and seven principal mountains,

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AgP 108.33

नद्यश् च शतशस्तेभ्यस्तीर्थभूताः प्रजज्ञिरे भारते यानि नीर्थानि तानि तीर्थानि वच्मि ते

nadyaś ca śataśastebhyastīrthabhūtāḥ prajajñire bhārate yāni nīrthāni tāni tīrthāni vacmi te

and from them rivers by the hundreds, which are holy fords, have come forth. The fords that are in Bhārata — those fords I shall tell you.

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