Skandapurana 7.19.43_84

7.19.43_84

śaśiraśmiprakāśābhiḥ kvacidarkāṃśurūpibhiḥ .
śobhitaṃ tatpatākābhirvirarāja sukhānilam . .3 6. .
sarvartukusumaiścitrairicchāratnaphalairapi .
śuśubhe tatpuraṃ kīrṇaṃ pādapairgirisannibhaiḥ . .37. .
mahīdhrāṇāṃ yathā merussarveṣāṃ pravaro mahān .
tathaiva tatpuraṃ reje sarvalokopari sthitam . .38. .
tatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣānmahābhūtapatirharaḥ .
sadāste sahitaḥ patnyā ṣaḍviṃśaḥ parameśvaraḥ .. 39..

Adorned with banners shining like rays of the moon and elsewhere having the form of sunbeams, / it shone resplendent, offering pleasant breezes. / That city, strewn with trees resembling mountains, / shone with varied flowers of all seasons and desire-yielding gem-fruits. / Just as Meru among mountains is the supreme and great, / even so that city shone, situated above all the worlds. / There Hara, the Lord of All, directly the master of the great elements, / the twenty-sixth Parameśvara, always dwells together with his wife.