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Markandeyapurana 57.10

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 57.10

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57.10

svargāpavargaprāptiśca puṇyaṃ pāpañca vai tadā /
mahendro malayaḥ sahyaḥ śuktimānṛkṣaparvataḥ //

The seven mountain ranges[10] in it are Mahendra,[11] Malaya,[12] Sahya,[13] Śuktimat,[14] the Ṛkṣa mountains,[15] and Vindhya,[16] and Pāripātra.[17] And there are other hills besides them in thousands, which are situated 12 near them. Their summits are broad and lofty, and are delightful and spacious;—Kolāhala,[18] and Vaibhrāja,[19] Mandara,[20] the hill Durdura,[21] Vātasvana,[22] and Vaidyuta,[23] Maināka,[24] and Śvarasa,[25] Tuṅgaprastha,[26] Nāgagiri,[27] Rocana,[28] the hill Pāṇḍara,[29] the hill Puṣpa,[30] Durjayanta,[31] Raivata,[32] and Arbuda,[33] Ṛṣyamūka,[34] and Gomanta,[35] Kūṭaśaila,[36] Kṛtasmara,[37] and Śrīparvata,[38] and Kora,[39] and other mountains in hundreds. By them the people, both Mlecchas and Āryas, are mingled together according to their divisions.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Hear from me the nine divisions of this country Bhārata; they must be known as extending to the ocean, but as being mutually inaccessible. They[2] are Indradvīpa, Kaśerūmat,[3] Tāmravarṇa,[4] Gabhastimat, and Nāgadvīpa, Saumya, Gāṇḍharva,[5] and Vāruṇa; and this is the ninth dvipa among them, and it is surrounded by the sea.[6] This dvīpa is a thousand yojanas from south to north.[7] At its east end are the Kirātas,[8] and at the west the Yavanas.[9] Within it dwell brāhmans, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, O brāhman. They accomplish their purification with the occupa tions of sacrifice, meditation, trade, &c.; and they seek their mutual business through these occupations, and they gain Svarga or final emancipation from existence, merit and sin then.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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