Markandeyapurana 59.4

59.4

pūrveṇa yat sthitaṃ varṣaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ tannibodha me /
śvetaparṇaśca nīlaśca śaivālaścācalottamaḥ //

Hear from me of the continent Bhadrāśva, which is situated east of the magnificent eastern mountain Devakūṭa.

Both Śvetaparṇa, and Nīla, and the lofty mountain Śaivāla, Kaurañja, Parṇaśālāgra—these indeed are the five mountain ranges. There are many small mountains besides, which are offshoots of those ranges; the countries there are distinguished by them, they are of various shapes and occur in thousands. Moreover they are like white water-lilies and are auspicious with their pure summits. Such-like and diverse also are other hills by hundreds and thousands. The Śītā, the Śaṅkhāvatī, the Bhadrā, and the Cakrāvartā and many other rivers spread abroad there, bearing down volumes of cold water. In this country mankind are lustrous as shells and like pure gold;[3] they associate with the celestials; they are holy; their lives last a thousand years; neither inferior nor superior exists among them; they are all of equal appearance; they are endowed naturally with patience and the seven other good qualities.