Markandeyapurana 55.16

55.16

ete bhaumā dvijaśreṣṭha ! svargāḥ svargaguṇādhikāḥ /
na tāsu puṇyapāpānāmapūrvāṇāmupārjanam //

The valleys among these mountains are exceedingly charming; they are decorated with forests and lakes of the clearest water. In them men are born who practise meritorious deeds, O brāhman. These are terrestrial Svargas, O brāhman; they surpass Svarga with their excellences. In them no fresh merit or sin accrues. Even the gods are said to enjoy merit in them. And on these mountains, Śītānta[8] and the rest, O brāhman, are the great and resplendent abodes of the Vidyādharas, the Yakṣas, the Kinnaras, the Nāgas, and the Rākṣasas, and the gods, and the Gandharvas, which possess great merit and are studded with charming groves which the gods frequent. And the lakes are charming; the breeze is pleasant at every season. Nor anywhere on these mountains do men have any kind of mental agitation.