Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 43

VaP 1 43.1

।।सूत उवाच।। गन्धमादनपार्श्वे तु स्फीता चोपरि गण्डिका। द्वात्रिंशतं सहस्राणि योजनैः पूर्वपश्चिमा

||sūta uvāca|| gandhamādanapārśve tu sphītā copari gaṇḍikā| dvātriṃśataṃ sahasrāṇi yojanaiḥ pūrvapaścimā

Sūta said: On the flank of Gandhamādana, and above it, is the flourishing tract (gaṇḍikā), thirty-two thousand yojanas from east to west.

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VaP 1 43.2

अस्यायामशचवतुस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि प्रमाणतः। तत्र ते शुभकर्माणः केतुमालाः परिश्रुताः

asyāyāmaśacavatustriṃśatsahasrāṇi pramāṇataḥ| tatra te śubhakarmāṇaḥ ketumālāḥ pariśrutāḥ

Its length is thirty-four thousand by measure; there dwell those of auspicious deeds, renowned as the Ketumālas.

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VaP 1 43.3

तत्र काला नराः सर्वे महासत्त्वा महाबलाः। स्त्रियश्चोत्पलपत्राभाः सर्वास्ताः प्रिय दर्शनाः

tatra kālā narāḥ sarve mahāsattvā mahābalāḥ| striyaścotpalapatrābhāḥ sarvāstāḥ priya darśanāḥ

There all the men are black, of great strength and great power, and the women have the sheen of blue-lotus petals, all of them lovely to look upon.

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VaP 1 43.4

तत्र दिव्यो महावृक्षः पनसः षड्रसाश्रयः। ईश्वरो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रः कामचारी मनोजवः। तस्य पीत्वा फलरसं जीवन्ति हि समायुतम्

tatra divyo mahāvṛkṣaḥ panasaḥ ṣaḍrasāśrayaḥ| īśvaro brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ kāmacārī manojavaḥ| tasya pītvā phalarasaṃ jīvanti hi samāyutam

There is a divine great tree, the panasa, the abode of the six flavours; it is lordly, a son of Brahmā, moving at will, swift as thought; and drinking the juice of its fruit they live on united (with long life).

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VaP 1 43.5

पार्श्वे माल्यवतश्चापि पूर्वे पुर्वा तु गण्डिका। आयामतोऽथ विस्ताराद्यथैवापरगण्डिका

pārśve mālyavataścāpi pūrve purvā tu gaṇḍikā| āyāmato'tha vistārādyathaivāparagaṇḍikā

And on the flank of Mālyavat, on the east, is the eastern tract, in length and in breadth just like the western tract.

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VaP 1 43.6

भद्राश्वास्तत्र विज्ञेया नित्यं मुदितमानसा। भद्रं सालवनं तत्र कालाम्राश्च महाद्रुमाः

bhadrāśvāstatra vijñeyā nityaṃ muditamānasā| bhadraṃ sālavanaṃ tatra kālāmrāśca mahādrumāḥ

There the Bhadrāśvas are to be known, ever glad of mind; there is the auspicious forest of sāla trees and the great trees called Kālāmra.

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VaP 1 43.7

तत्र ते पुरुषाः श्वेता महासत्त्वा महाबलाः। स्त्रियः कुमुदवर्णाभाः सुन्दर्य्यः प्रियदर्शनाः

tatra te puruṣāḥ śvetā mahāsattvā mahābalāḥ| striyaḥ kumudavarṇābhāḥ sundaryyaḥ priyadarśanāḥ

There those men are white, of great strength and great power; the women have the colour of white lotuses, beautiful and lovely to look upon.

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VaP 1 43.8

चन्द्रप्रभाश्वन्द्रवर्णाः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः। चन्द्रशीतलगात्राश्च स्त्रियश्चोत्पलगन्धिकाः

candraprabhāśvandravarṇāḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ| candraśītalagātrāśca striyaścotpalagandhikāḥ

They have the radiance of the moon, the colour of the moon, faces like the full moon, and limbs cool as the moon; and the women have the fragrance of blue lotuses.

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VaP 1 43.9

दशवर्षसहस्राणि तेषामायुर्निरामयम्। कालाम्रस्य रसं पीत्वा सर्वदा सिथरयौवनाः

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi teṣāmāyurnirāmayam| kālāmrasya rasaṃ pītvā sarvadā sitharayauvanāḥ

Their lifespan is ten thousand years, free of disease; drinking the juice of the Kālāmra they are always of unfading youth.

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VaP 1 43.10

।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। प्रमाणं वर्णमायुश्च याथातथ्येन कीर्तितम्। चतुर्णामपि द्वीपानां समासान्न तु विस्तरात्

||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| pramāṇaṃ varṇamāyuśca yāthātathyena kīrtitam| caturṇāmapi dvīpānāṃ samāsānna tu vistarāt

The seers said: The measure, the colour and the lifespan have been declared as they truly are, for all four continents too, but in summary and not at length.

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VaP 1 43.11

।।सूत उवाच।। भद्राश्वानां यथा चिह्नं कीर्तितं कीर्तिवर्द्धनाः। तच्छृणुध्वं तु कार्त्स्न्येन पूर्वसिद्धैरुदाहृतम्

||sūta uvāca|| bhadrāśvānāṃ yathā cihnaṃ kīrtitaṃ kīrtivarddhanāḥ| tacchṛṇudhvaṃ tu kārtsnyena pūrvasiddhairudāhṛtam

Sūta said: Hear now in full, O you who increase renown, how the mark of the Bhadrāśvas has been declared, as set forth by the adepts of old.

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VaP 1 43.12

देवकूटस्य सर्वस्य प्रथितस्येह यत्परम्। पूर्वेण दिक्षु सर्वासु यथावच्च प्रकीर्तितम्

devakūṭasya sarvasya prathitasyeha yatparam| pūrveṇa dikṣu sarvāsu yathāvacca prakīrtitam

(And hear) what is beyond all of the renowned Devakūṭa here, and how it has been duly proclaimed in the east and in all the directions.

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VaP 1 43.13

कुलाचलानां पञ्चानां नदीनाञ्च विशेषतः। तथा जनपदानाञ्च यथा दृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्

kulācalānāṃ pañcānāṃ nadīnāñca viśeṣataḥ| tathā janapadānāñca yathā dṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam

And especially of the five mountain ranges (kulācalas) and of the rivers, and likewise of the peoples, as it was seen and as it was heard.

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VaP 1 43.14

शैवालो वर्णमालाग्रः कोरञ्जश्चाचलोत्तमः। श्वेतवर्णश्च नीलश्च पञ्चैते कुलपर्वताः

śaivālo varṇamālāgraḥ korañjaścācalottamaḥ| śvetavarṇaśca nīlaśca pañcaite kulaparvatāḥ

Śaivāla, Varṇamālāgra, Korañja best of mountains, Śvetavarṇa and Nīla — these five are the family-mountains.

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VaP 1 43.15

तेषां प्रसूतिरन्येपि पर्वता बहुविस्तराः। कोटिकोटिः क्षितौ ज्ञेयाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

teṣāṃ prasūtiranyepi parvatā bahuvistarāḥ| koṭikoṭiḥ kṣitau jñeyāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Their offspring are other mountains too, of great extent; they are to be known on the earth as ten million upon ten million, by hundreds and by thousands.

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VaP 1 43.16

तैर्विमिश्रा जनपदैर्नानासत्त्वसमाकुलाः। नानाप्रकारजातीयास्त्वनेकनृपपालिताः

tairvimiśrā janapadairnānāsattvasamākulāḥ| nānāprakārajātīyāstvanekanṛpapālitāḥ

Mingled with them are peoples crowded with creatures of many kinds, of many sorts of birth, ruled by many kings.

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VaP 1 43.17

नामधेयैश्च निक्रान्तैः श्रीमद्भिः पुरुषर्षभैः। अध्यासिता जनपदाः कीर्तनीयाश्च शोभिताः

nāmadheyaiśca nikrāntaiḥ śrīmadbhiḥ puruṣarṣabhaiḥ| adhyāsitā janapadāḥ kīrtanīyāśca śobhitāḥ

The peoples are inhabited, worthy to be celebrated and adorned, by illustrious bulls among men who are renowned for their names.

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VaP 1 43.18

तेषान्तु नामधेयानि राष्ट्राणि विविधानि च। गिर्यन्तरनिविष्टानि समेषु विषमेषु च

teṣāntu nāmadheyāni rāṣṭrāṇi vividhāni ca| giryantaraniviṣṭāni sameṣu viṣameṣu ca

Their names, and their various realms, are settled among the mountains, on the level places and on the rugged ones.

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VaP 1 43.19

तथा सुमङ्गलाः शुद्धाश्चन्द्रकान्ताः सुनन्दनाः। व्रजका नीलशैलेयाः सौवीरा विजयस्थलाः

tathā sumaṅgalāḥ śuddhāścandrakāntāḥ sunandanāḥ| vrajakā nīlaśaileyāḥ sauvīrā vijayasthalāḥ

So too the Sumaṅgalas, the Śuddhas, the Candrakāntas, the Sunandanas, the Vrajakas, the Nīlaśaileyas, the Sauvīras, the Vijayasthalas,

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VaP 1 43.20

महास्थलाः सुकामाश्च महाकेशाः सुमूर्द्धजाः। वातरंहाः सोपसङ्गाः परिवायाः पराचकाः

mahāsthalāḥ sukāmāśca mahākeśāḥ sumūrddhajāḥ| vātaraṃhāḥ sopasaṅgāḥ parivāyāḥ parācakāḥ

the Mahāsthalas and the Sukāmas, the Mahākeśas, the Sumūrdhajas, the Vātaraṃhas, the Sopasaṅgas, the Parivāyas, the Parācakas,

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VaP 1 43.21

सम्भवक्रा महानेत्राः शैवालास्तनपास्तथा। कुमुदाः शाकमुण्डाश्च उरः सङ्कीर्णभौमकाः

sambhavakrā mahānetrāḥ śaivālāstanapāstathā| kumudāḥ śākamuṇḍāśca uraḥ saṅkīrṇabhaumakāḥ

the Sambhavakras, the Mahānetras, the Śaivālas and likewise the Stanapas, the Kumudas and the Śākamuṇḍas, the Uras, the Saṅkīrṇabhaumakas,

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VaP 1 43.22

सोदका वत्सकाश्चैके वाराहा हारवामकाः। शङ्खाख्या भाविसन्द्राश्च उत्तरा हैमभौमकाः

sodakā vatsakāścaike vārāhā hāravāmakāḥ| śaṅkhākhyā bhāvisandrāśca uttarā haimabhaumakāḥ

the Sodakas and some Vatsakas, the Vārāhas, the Hāravāmakas, those called Śaṅkhas, and the Bhāvisandras, the northern Haimabhaumakas,

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VaP 1 43.23

कृष्णभौमाः सुभौमाश्च महाभौमाश्च कीर्तिताः। एते चान्ये च विख्याता नानाजनपदा मया

kṛṣṇabhaumāḥ subhaumāśca mahābhaumāśca kīrtitāḥ| ete cānye ca vikhyātā nānājanapadā mayā

the Kṛṣṇabhaumas, the Subhaumas and the Mahābhaumas are declared; these and others are the various peoples made known by me.

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VaP 1 43.24

ते पिबन्ति महापुण्यां महागङ्गां महानदीम्। आदौ त्रैलोक्यविख्याता शीता शीताम्बुवाहिनी

te pibanti mahāpuṇyāṃ mahāgaṅgāṃ mahānadīm| ādau trailokyavikhyātā śītā śītāmbuvāhinī

They drink from the greatly holy Mahāgaṅgā, the great river — first the Śītā, famed in the three worlds, which carries cool water.

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VaP 1 43.25

तथा च हंसवसतिर्महाचक्रा च निम्नगा। चक्रा वक्रा च कञ्ची च सुरसा चापगोत्तमा

tathā ca haṃsavasatirmahācakrā ca nimnagā| cakrā vakrā ca kañcī ca surasā cāpagottamā

And likewise Haṃsavasati and Mahācakrā the downward-flowing, Cakrā and Vakrā and Kañcī and Surasā, best of streams,

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VaP 1 43.26

शाखावती चेन्द्रनदी मेघा मङ्गारवाहिनी। कावेरी हरितोया च सोमावर्त्ता शतह्रदा

śākhāvatī cendranadī meghā maṅgāravāhinī| kāverī haritoyā ca somāvarttā śatahradā

Śākhāvatī and Indranadī, Meghā, Maṅgāravāhinī, Kāverī and Haritoyā, Somāvartā, Śatahradā,

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VaP 1 43.27

वनमाला वसुमती पम्पा पम्पावती शुभा। सुवर्णा पञ्च वर्णा च तथा पुण्या वपुष्मती

vanamālā vasumatī pampā pampāvatī śubhā| suvarṇā pañca varṇā ca tathā puṇyā vapuṣmatī

Vanamālā, Vasumatī, Pampā, the lovely Pampāvatī, Suvarṇā and Pañcavarṇā, and likewise Puṇyā, Vapuṣmatī,

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VaP 1 43.28

मणिवप्रा सुवप्रा च ब्रह्मभागा शिलाशिनी। कृष्णतोया च पुण्योदा तथा नागपदी शुभा

maṇivaprā suvaprā ca brahmabhāgā śilāśinī| kṛṣṇatoyā ca puṇyodā tathā nāgapadī śubhā

Maṇivaprā and Suvaprā, Brahmabhāgā, Śilāśinī, Kṛṣṇatoyā and Puṇyodā, and likewise the lovely Nāgapadī,

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VaP 1 43.29

शैवालिनी मणितटा क्षारोदा चारुणावती। तथा विष्णुपदी चैव महापुण्या महानदी

śaivālinī maṇitaṭā kṣārodā cāruṇāvatī| tathā viṣṇupadī caiva mahāpuṇyā mahānadī

Śaivālinī, Maṇitaṭā, Kṣārodā and Aruṇāvatī, and also Viṣṇupadī, the greatly holy great river.

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VaP 1 43.30

हिरण्यवाहिनीला च स्कन्दमाला सुरावती । वामोदा च पताका च वेताली च महानदी

hiraṇyavāhinīlā ca skandamālā surāvatī | vāmodā ca patākā ca vetālī ca mahānadī

And Hiraṇyavāhinīlā, Skandamālā, Surāvatī, and Vāmodā, and Patākā, and Vetālī the great river.

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VaP 1 43.31

एता गङ्गा महानद्यो नायिकाः परिकीर्तिताः। क्षुद्रनद्यस्त्वसंख्याताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

etā gaṅgā mahānadyo nāyikāḥ parikīrtitāḥ| kṣudranadyastvasaṃkhyātāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

These great rivers of the Ganges (system) are proclaimed to be the chief ones; but the small rivers are countless, by hundreds and by thousands.

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VaP 1 43.32

पूर्वद्वीपस्य वोहिन्यः पुण्यवत्यश्च कीर्तिताः। कीर्त्तनेनापि चैतासां पूतः स्यादिति मे मतिः

pūrvadvīpasya vohinyaḥ puṇyavatyaśca kīrtitāḥ| kīrttanenāpi caitāsāṃ pūtaḥ syāditi me matiḥ

(Thus) the rivers of the eastern continent, holy ones, have been proclaimed; and by merely reciting these one becomes purified — such is my view.

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VaP 1 43.33

समृद्धराष्ट्रं स्फीतञ्च नानाजनपदाकुलम्। नानावृक्षवनोद्देशं नानानग सुवेष्टितम्

samṛddharāṣṭraṃ sphītañca nānājanapadākulam| nānāvṛkṣavanoddeśaṃ nānānaga suveṣṭitam

(It is) a prosperous realm and flourishing, crowded with many countries, having regions of many kinds of trees and forests, well encircled by many mountains,

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VaP 1 43.34

नरनारीगणाकीर्णं नित्यं प्रमुदितं शिवम्। बहुधान्यधनोपेतं नानानृपतिपालितम् । उपेतं कीर्तनशतैर्नानारत्नाकराकरम्

naranārīgaṇākīrṇaṃ nityaṃ pramuditaṃ śivam| bahudhānyadhanopetaṃ nānānṛpatipālitam | upetaṃ kīrtanaśatairnānāratnākarākaram

thronged with troops of men and women, ever joyful and auspicious, supplied with much grain and wealth, protected by many kings, furnished with hundreds of temples, a mine of many kinds of jewels.

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VaP 1 43.35

तस्मिन्देशे समाख्याता हेमशङ्खदलप्रभाः। महाकाया महावीर्याः पुरुषाः पुरुषर्षभाः

tasmindeśe samākhyātā hemaśaṅkhadalaprabhāḥ| mahākāyā mahāvīryāḥ puruṣāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

In that land the men are said to be bulls among men, with the sheen of gold and of conch-shell fragments, of great bodies and great vigour.

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VaP 1 43.36

सम्भाषणं दर्शनञ्च समस्थानोपसेवनम् । देवैः सह महाभागाः कुर्वते तत्र वै प्रजाः

sambhāṣaṇaṃ darśanañca samasthānopasevanam | devaiḥ saha mahābhāgāḥ kurvate tatra vai prajāḥ

There indeed those greatly fortunate people carry on conversation and mutual sight and the frequenting of the same places together with the gods.

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VaP 1 43.37

दशवर्षसहस्राणि तेषामायुः प्रकीर्तितम्। धर्माधर्मविशेषश्च न तेष्वस्ति महात्मसु। अहिंसा सत्यवाक्यञ्च प्रकृत्यैव हि वर्त्तते

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi teṣāmāyuḥ prakīrtitam| dharmādharmaviśeṣaśca na teṣvasti mahātmasu| ahiṃsā satyavākyañca prakṛtyaiva hi varttate

Their lifespan is declared to be ten thousand years; and there is no distinction of dharma and non-dharma among those great-souled ones; non-injury and truthful speech exist among them by their very nature.

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VaP 1 43.38

ते भक्त्या शङ्करं देवं गौरीं परमवैष्णवीम्। इज्यापूजानमस्कारांस्ताभ्यां नित्यं प्रयुञ्जते

te bhaktyā śaṅkaraṃ devaṃ gaurīṃ paramavaiṣṇavīm| ijyāpūjānamaskārāṃstābhyāṃ nityaṃ prayuñjate

With devotion they constantly offer to the god Śaṅkara and to Gaurī, the supreme Vaiṣṇavī, sacrifices, worship, and obeisances.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition