Varaha Purana — Chapter 80

VrP 80.4

तस्य च मध्ये महाशिखरः शतयोजनायामस्त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णोऽनेकधातुरत्नभूषितस्तस्य चोपरि महती रथ्या रत्नप्राकारतोरणा । तस्यां महद् विद्याधरपुरम् । तत्र पुलोमनामा विद्याधरराजः शतसहस्त्रपरीवारः । तथा च विखाखाचलेन्द्रस्य श्वेतस्य चान्तरे सरः । तस्य च पूर्वतीरे महदाम्रवनं कनकसंकाशैः फलैरतिसुगन्धिभिर्महाकुम्भमात्रैः सर्वतश्चितम् । देवगन्धर्वादयश्च तत्र निवसन्ति ।

tasya ca madhye mahāśikharaḥ śatayojanāyāmastriṃśadyojanavistīrṇo'nekadhāturatnabhūṣitastasya copari mahatī rathyā ratnaprākāratoraṇā | tasyāṃ mahad vidyādharapuram | tatra pulomanāmā vidyādhararājaḥ śatasahastraparīvāraḥ | tathā ca vikhākhācalendrasya śvetasya cāntare saraḥ | tasya ca pūrvatīre mahadāmravanaṃ kanakasaṃkāśaiḥ phalairatisugandhibhirmahākumbhamātraiḥ sarvataścitam | devagandharvādayaśca tatra nivasanti |

And in the middle of it is a great peak, a hundred yojanas long and thirty yojanas broad, adorned with many minerals and jewels; and upon it is a great highway with jewelled walls and archways. On it is a great city of the Vidyādharas. There is a Vidyādhara king named Puloman, with a retinue of a hundred thousand. And likewise, between the great mountains Vikhākha and Śveta there is a lake; and on its eastern shore is a great mango grove, covered all over with exceedingly fragrant fruits like gold, of the size of great jars. And gods, gandharvas and others dwell there.

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VrP 80.5

सुमुलस्याचलेन्द्रस्य वसुधारस्य चान्तरे त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णे पञ्चाशद्योजनायते ।

sumulasyācalendrasya vasudhārasya cāntare triṃśadyojanavistīrṇe pañcāśadyojanāyate |

And between the great mountains Sumula and Vasudhāra, in (a tract) thirty yojanas broad and fifty yojanas long,

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VrP 80.6

बिल्वस्थली नाम । तत्र फलानि विद्रुमसंकाशानि तैश्च पतद्भिः स्थलमृत्तिका क्लिन्ना । तां च स्थलीं सुगुह्यकादयः सेवन्ते बिल्वफलाशिनः । तथा च वसुधाररत्नधारयोरन्तरे त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णं शतयोजनमायतं सुगन्धिकिंशुकवनं सदाकुसुमं यस्य गन्धेन वास्यते योजनशतम् । तत्र सिद्धाध्युषितं जलोपेतं च ।

bilvasthalī nāma | tatra phalāni vidrumasaṃkāśāni taiśca patadbhiḥ sthalamṛttikā klinnā | tāṃ ca sthalīṃ suguhyakādayaḥ sevante bilvaphalāśinaḥ | tathā ca vasudhāraratnadhārayorantare triṃśadyojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyataṃ sugandhikiṃśukavanaṃ sadākusumaṃ yasya gandhena vāsyate yojanaśatam | tatra siddhādhyuṣitaṃ jalopetaṃ ca |

(there is a tract) named Bilvasthalī. There the fruits are like coral, and by their falling the soil of the ground is made moist. And that tract is frequented by the guhyakas and others, who eat bilva fruits. And likewise, between Vasudhāra and Ratnadhāra, is a fragrant kiṃśuka wood, thirty yojanas broad and a hundred yojanas long, always in flower, by whose fragrance a hundred yojanas are perfumed. There it is inhabited by siddhas and supplied with water.

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VrP 80.7

तत्र चादित्यस्य देवस्य महदायतनम् । समासे मासे च भगवानवतरति सूर्यः प्रजापतिः । कालजनकं देवादयो नमस्यन्ति । तथा च पञ्चकूटस्य कैलासस्य चान्तरे सहस्त्रयोजनायामं विस्तीर्णं शतयोजनं हंसपाण्डुरं क्षुद्रसत्त्वैरनाधृष्यं स्वर्गसोपानमिव भूमण्डलम् ।

tatra cādityasya devasya mahadāyatanam | samāse māse ca bhagavānavatarati sūryaḥ prajāpatiḥ | kālajanakaṃ devādayo namasyanti | tathā ca pañcakūṭasya kailāsasya cāntare sahastrayojanāyāmaṃ vistīrṇaṃ śatayojanaṃ haṃsapāṇḍuraṃ kṣudrasattvairanādhṛṣyaṃ svargasopānamiva bhūmaṇḍalam |

And there is a great sanctuary of the god Āditya. And each month the lord Sūrya, the Prajāpati, descends (there). The gods and others bow to him, the begetter of time. And likewise, between Pañcakūṭa and Kailāsa, is a circle of ground a thousand yojanas long and a hundred yojanas broad, white as a goose, unassailable by small creatures, like a stairway to heaven.

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VrP 80.8

अथ पश्चिमदिग्भागे व्यवस्थिता गिरिद्रोण्यः कीर्त्यन्ते । सुपार्श्वशिखिशैलयोर्मध्ये समन्ताद् योजनशतमेकं भौमशिलातलं नित्यतप्तं दुःस्पर्शम् । तस्य मध्ये त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णं मण्डलं वह्निस्थानम् । स च सर्वकालमनिन्धनो भगवान् लोकक्षयकारी संवर्तको ज्वलते । अन्तरे च शैलवरयोः कुमुदाञ्जनयोः शतयोजनविस्तीर्णामातुलुङ्गस्थली सर्वसत्त्वानामगम्या । पीतवर्णैः फलैरावृता सती सा स्थली शोभते । तत्र च पुण्यो ह्रदः सिद्धैरुपेतः। बृहस्पतेस्तद्वनम्।। तथा च शैलयोः पिञ्जरगौरयोरन्तरेण सरोद्रोणी ह्यनेकशतयोजनायता महद्भिश्च षट्पदोद्घुष्टैः कुमुदैरुपशोभिता ।

atha paścimadigbhāge vyavasthitā giridroṇyaḥ kīrtyante | supārśvaśikhiśailayormadhye samantād yojanaśatamekaṃ bhaumaśilātalaṃ nityataptaṃ duḥsparśam | tasya madhye triṃśadyojanavistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ vahnisthānam | sa ca sarvakālamanindhano bhagavān lokakṣayakārī saṃvartako jvalate | antare ca śailavarayoḥ kumudāñjanayoḥ śatayojanavistīrṇāmātuluṅgasthalī sarvasattvānāmagamyā | pītavarṇaiḥ phalairāvṛtā satī sā sthalī śobhate | tatra ca puṇyo hradaḥ siddhairupetaḥ| bṛhaspatestadvanam|| tathā ca śailayoḥ piñjaragaurayorantareṇa sarodroṇī hyanekaśatayojanāyatā mahadbhiśca ṣaṭpadodghuṣṭaiḥ kumudairupaśobhitā |

Now the mountain valleys situated in the western quarter are described. Between the mountains Supārśva and Śikhin, for a hundred yojanas all around, is a floor of earthen rock, perpetually hot, painful to touch. In its middle is a circle thirty yojanas broad, the place of fire. And there at all times, without fuel, the lord Saṃvartaka, destroyer of the worlds, blazes. And between the excellent mountains Kumuda and Añjana is a citron-tract a hundred yojanas broad, inaccessible to all creatures; covered with yellow-coloured fruits, that tract shines. And there is a holy pool attended by siddhas; that grove is Bṛhaspati's. And likewise, between the mountains Piñjara and Gaura, is a valley with a lake, many hundreds of yojanas long, adorned with great kumuda lotuses loud with bees.

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VrP 80.9

तत्र च भगवतो विष्णोः परमेश्वरस्यायतनम् । तथा च शुक्लपाण्डुरयोरपि महागिर्योरन्तरे त्रिंशद्योजनविस्तीर्णो नवत्यायत एकः शिलोद्देशोवृक्षविवर्जितः । तत्र निष्पङ्का दीर्घिका सवृक्षा च स्थलपद्मिनी अनेकजातीयैश्च पद्मैः शोभिता । तस्याश्च मध्ये पञ्चयोजनप्रमाणो महान्यग्रोधवृक्षः । तस्मिंश्चन्द्रशेखरोमापतिर्नीलवासाश्च देवो निवसति यक्षादिभिरीड्यमानः । सहस्त्रशिखरस्य गिरेः कुमुदस्य चान्तरे पञ्चाशद्योजनायामं विंशद्योजनविस्तृतमिक्षुक्षेपोच्चशिखरमनेकपक्षिसेवितम् । अनेकवृक्षफलैर्मधुरस्त्रवैरुपशोभितम् । तत्र चेन्द्रस्य महानाश्रमो दिव्याभिप्रायनिर्मितः । तथा च शङ्खकूटऋषभयोर्मध्ये पुरुषस्थलीरम्याऽनेकगुणानेकयोजनायता बिल्वप्रमाणैः कङ्कोलकैः सुगन्धिभिरुपेता । तत्र पुरुषकरसोन्मत्ता नागाद्याः प्रतिवसन्ति ।

tatra ca bhagavato viṣṇoḥ parameśvarasyāyatanam | tathā ca śuklapāṇḍurayorapi mahāgiryorantare triṃśadyojanavistīrṇo navatyāyata ekaḥ śiloddeśovṛkṣavivarjitaḥ | tatra niṣpaṅkā dīrghikā savṛkṣā ca sthalapadminī anekajātīyaiśca padmaiḥ śobhitā | tasyāśca madhye pañcayojanapramāṇo mahānyagrodhavṛkṣaḥ | tasmiṃścandraśekharomāpatirnīlavāsāśca devo nivasati yakṣādibhirīḍyamānaḥ | sahastraśikharasya gireḥ kumudasya cāntare pañcāśadyojanāyāmaṃ viṃśadyojanavistṛtamikṣukṣepoccaśikharamanekapakṣisevitam | anekavṛkṣaphalairmadhurastravairupaśobhitam | tatra cendrasya mahānāśramo divyābhiprāyanirmitaḥ | tathā ca śaṅkhakūṭaṛṣabhayormadhye puruṣasthalīramyā'nekaguṇānekayojanāyatā bilvapramāṇaiḥ kaṅkolakaiḥ sugandhibhirupetā | tatra puruṣakarasonmattā nāgādyāḥ prativasanti |

And there is a sanctuary of the Lord Viṣṇu, the supreme Lord. And likewise, between the great mountains Śukla and Pāṇḍura, is a single rocky tract thirty yojanas broad and ninety long, devoid of trees. There is a mud-free oblong pool with trees, and a land lotus-pond adorned with lotuses of many kinds. And in its middle is a great banyan tree five yojanas in measure. On it dwells the god, moon-crested, lord of Umā, blue-clad, praised by yakṣas and others. Between the mountain Sahasraśikhara and Kumuda is (a tract) fifty yojanas long and twenty yojanas broad, with peaks as high as a sugarcane's throw, frequented by many birds, adorned with the fruits of many trees flowing with sweetness. And there is Indra's great hermitage, fashioned by divine intent. And likewise, between Śaṅkhakūṭa and Ṛṣabha, is the pleasant Puruṣasthalī, of many excellences, many yojanas long, furnished with fragrant kaṅkola fruits of the size of bilvas. There dwell nāgas and others, intoxicated with the puruṣa juice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 80.10

तथा कपिञ्जलनागशैलयोरन्तरे द्विशतयोजनमायामविस्तीर्णा शतयोजनस्थली नानावनविभूषिता द्र्ाक्षाखर्जूरखण्डैरुपेता अनेकवृक्षवल्लीभिरनेकैश्च सरोभिरुपेता सा स्थली । तथा च पुष्करमहामेघयोरन्तरे षष्टियोजनविस्तीर्णा शतायामा पाणितलप्रख्या महती स्थली वृक्षवीरुधविवर्जिता ।तस्याश्च पार्श्वे चत्वारि महावनानि सरांसि चानेकयोजनानाम् ।दश पञ्च सप्त तथाष्टौ त्रिंशद् विंशति योजनानां स्थल्यो द्रोण्यश्च । तत्र काश्चिन्महाघोराः पर्वतक्षयाः ।

tathā kapiñjalanāgaśailayorantare dviśatayojanamāyāmavistīrṇā śatayojanasthalī nānāvanavibhūṣitā drākṣākharjūrakhaṇḍairupetā anekavṛkṣavallībhiranekaiśca sarobhirupetā sā sthalī | tathā ca puṣkaramahāmeghayorantare ṣaṣṭiyojanavistīrṇā śatāyāmā pāṇitalaprakhyā mahatī sthalī vṛkṣavīrudhavivarjitā |tasyāśca pārśve catvāri mahāvanāni sarāṃsi cānekayojanānām |daśa pañca sapta tathāṣṭau triṃśad viṃśati yojanānāṃ sthalyo droṇyaśca | tatra kāścinmahāghorāḥ parvatakṣayāḥ |

And likewise, between the mountains Kapiñjala and Nāga, is a tract two hundred yojanas in length and breadth, a hundred yojanas (across), adorned with various groves, furnished with clumps of grapes and dates, and provided with many trees and creepers and many lakes. And likewise, between Puṣkara and Mahāmegha, is a great tract sixty yojanas broad and a hundred long, level as the palm of the hand, devoid of trees and shrubs. And at its side are four great forests and lakes of many yojanas. There are tracts and valleys of ten, five, seven and eight, of thirty and of twenty yojanas. Among them some are exceedingly terrible mountain-ruins.

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VrP 80.80

रुद्र उवाच । अथ दक्षिणदिग्व्यवस्थिताः पर्वतद्रोण्यः सिद्धाचरिताः कीर्त्यन्ते । शिशिरपतङ्गयोर्मध्ये शुक्लभूमिस्त्रिया मुक्तलतागलितपादपम् । इक्षुक्षेपे च शिखरे पादपैरुपशोभितम् । उदुम्बरवनं रम्यं पक्षिसङ्घनिषेवितम् फलितं तद् वनं भाति महाकूर्मोपमैः फलैः ।। तद् वनं देवयोन्योऽष्टौ सेवन्ते सर्वदैव तत्र प्रसन्नस्वादुसलिला बहूदका नद्यो वहन्ति । तत्राश्रमो भगवतः कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः । नानामुनिजनाकीर्णस्तच्च शतयोजनमेकं परिमण्डलं वनं च । तथा च ताम्राभस्य शैलस्य पतङ्गस्य चान्तरे शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं द्विगुणायतं बालार्कसदृशराजीवपुण़्रीकैः समन्ततः सहस्त्रपत्रैरविरलैरलंकृतं महत् सरोऽनेकसिद्धगन्धर्वाध्युषितम् ।

rudra uvāca | atha dakṣiṇadigvyavasthitāḥ parvatadroṇyaḥ siddhācaritāḥ kīrtyante | śiśirapataṅgayormadhye śuklabhūmistriyā muktalatāgalitapādapam | ikṣukṣepe ca śikhare pādapairupaśobhitam | udumbaravanaṃ ramyaṃ pakṣisaṅghaniṣevitam phalitaṃ tad vanaṃ bhāti mahākūrmopamaiḥ phalaiḥ || tad vanaṃ devayonyo'ṣṭau sevante sarvadaiva tatra prasannasvādusalilā bahūdakā nadyo vahanti | tatrāśramo bhagavataḥ kardamasya prajāpateḥ | nānāmunijanākīrṇastacca śatayojanamekaṃ parimaṇḍalaṃ vanaṃ ca | tathā ca tāmrābhasya śailasya pataṅgasya cāntare śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ dviguṇāyataṃ bālārkasadṛśarājīvapuṇa़rīkaiḥ samantataḥ sahastrapatrairaviralairalaṃkṛtaṃ mahat saro'nekasiddhagandharvādhyuṣitam |

Rudra said: Now the mountain valleys situated in the southern quarter, frequented by siddhas, are described. Between Śiśira and Pataṅga is white ground with trees whose creepers have fallen away; and on the peak, at a sugarcane's throw in height, adorned with trees, is a lovely udumbara grove frequented by flocks of birds; that grove, bearing fruit, shines with fruits like great tortoises. That grove the eight classes of divine beings always frequent. There flow rivers abounding in water, clear and sweet-tasting. There is the hermitage of the lord Kardama, the Prajāpati, thronged with many kinds of sages; and that grove is one hundred yojanas in circumference. And likewise, between the mountain Tāmrābha and Pataṅga, is a great lake a hundred yojanas broad and twice as long, adorned all around with unbroken thousand-petalled blue lotuses and white lotuses like the newly risen sun, inhabited by many siddhas and gandharvas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain