Matsyapurana 123.23

123.23

satyānṛte na teṣvāstāṃ dharmādharmau tathaiva ca
varṇāśramāṇāṃ vārttā ca pāśupālyaṃ vaṇikkṛṣiḥ //

I shall now speak of the seventh dvîpa, the Great Puṣkara, which surrounds the Ikṣurasoda Sea, which is double of Gomeda. It is itself surrounded by the Puṣkaras (lakes or lotuses?). Chitrasânu is the chief mountain, and it is full of lotuses and adorned with the rocks of wonderful gems. The Mount Chitrasânu stands on the eastern half. Its circumference is 27,000 yôjanas, and height is 24,000 yôjanas. The western half is covered by the Mânasa Mountain, which looks like a full moon rising near the sea coast. Its height is 5,500 yojanas. The Mount Mahâvîta is its son which guards the western portion of this region. The half of the region lying east of this mountain is divided into two parts. The Puṣkaradvîpa is surrounded by the sea, the water of which is tasteful. Its dimensions are double of the Gomedadvîpa. The people of this dvîpa live up to 30,000 years. There are no exceptional changes there to this natural rule and the people are healthy, happy and have attained perfection in all the qualities of the mind. The people of the three superior dvîpas are all equal in happiness, life, beauty and bravery. There is no air of superiority or inferiority in them. Besides this, there is none to kill or be killed there, and there is a total absence of hatred, envy, fear, greed, pride, hypocrisy, enmity, &c. They are free from the differentiation of truth and untruth, virtue and vice. The order of Varṇa and Âśrama, the practice of rearing up domestic animals, trade, husbandry are also not in existence there.—12-23