Garudapurana 1.56

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1.56.21 — 1 part

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Hari said: / Seven were the sons of Medhātithi, the lord of Plakṣadvīpa; / the eldest was named Śāntabhava, and next to him was Śiśira;

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Sukhodaya, Nanda, Śiva, Kṣemaka, / and Dhruva was the seventh of them; indeed, they were rulers of Plakṣadvīpa.

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Gomeda, Candra, Nārada, Dundubhi, / Somaka, Sumanas, and Mount Baibhrāja is the seventh here.

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Anutaptā, Śikhī, Vipāśā, Tridivā, Kramu, / Amṛtā, and Sukṛtā: these seven are the rivers there.

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Vapuṣmat was the lord of Śālmala; his sons gave their names to the realms: / Śveta, Harita, Jīmūta, Rohita,

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Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and Suprabha was the seventh. / Kumuda, Unnata, Droṇa, Mahiṣa, Balāhaka,

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Krauñca, and Kakudmat: these are the mountains, while these are the rivers: / Yonitoyā, Vitṛṣṇā, Candrā, Śuklā, Vimocanī,

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and Vidhṛti, the seventh among them; they are remembered as bringers of peace from sin. / Hear about the seven sons of Jyotiṣmat in Kuśadvīpa:

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Udbhida, Veṇumat, Dvairatha, Lambana, Dhṛti, / Prabhākara, and Kapila; the series of realms bears their names.

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Vidruma, Hemaśaila, Dyutimat, Puṣpavat, / Kuśeśaya, Hari, and the seventh is Mount Mandara.

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Dhūtapāpā, Śivā, Pavitrā, Sanmati, / Vidyudabhrā, and another, Mahī; these take away all sins.

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In Krauñcadvīpa, the high-souled Dyutimat had seven sons: / Kuśala, Mandaga, Uṣṇa, Pīvara, Andhakāraka,

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Muni, and Dundubhi: these seven were his sons, O Hara. / Krauñca, Vāmana, the third Andhakāra,

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Divāvṛt, the fifth another Dundubhi, [and] Puṇḍarīkavat [are the mountains]. / Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Sandhyā, Rātri, Manojavā,

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Khyāti, and Puṇḍarīkā: these seven are the rivers of the realms. / From Bhavya, the lord of Śākadvīpa, seven sons were born:

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Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Aruṇi, Baka, / Kusumoda, Samodārki, and the seventh, Mahādruma.

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Sukumārī, Kumārī, Nalinī, and Dhenukā, / Ikṣu, Veṇukā, and Gabhastī is the seventh.

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From Śabala, the lord of Puṣkara, came Mahāvīra and Dhātaki; / there were two realms and Mount Mānasottara.

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Fifty thousand yojanas high, / and just as broad, circular on all sides,

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Puṣkara is surrounded by the ocean of sweet water. / In front of the sweet water, the structure of the world is seen.

Twice as large is the golden land, devoid of all living beings. / Beyond that is the Lokāloka mountain, ten thousand yojanas wide; / the mountain is enveloped in darkness, and the darkness reaches up to the cosmic egg's shell.

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Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Cosmic Spheres', in the Section on Conduct, the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa.

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