Skandapurana 7.4.52_38.11

7.4.52_38.11

sarvabhāvām̐stathā cānye madhu cāmākṣikaṃ146 śubham ..8.32.9 0 ..
apare kṣīriṇastatra vṛkṣā vyāsa mahāprabhāḥ .
kṣīraṃ kṣaranti te nityaṃ sarve147 gavyaṃ148 samanvitāḥ149 . .9 1 . .
sarvā maṇimayī bhūmiḥ śubhā kāñcanavālukā150 .
udbhidānyudakānyatra giri151 prasravaṇāni ca . . .92..
na teṣu krodho lobho vā yuddhaṃ dveṣotha matsaraḥ .
na moho152 naiva ca stambho na doṣāstatra cāpare . .93 . .
tasya madhye puraṃ cānyad dvikoṭīvistṛtaṃ śubham .
padmarāgamayenaiva prākāreṇa pariṣkṛtam . . 94. .
īdṛśāni purāṇi sma vyatikramya surāstataḥ .
koṭīyojanavistīrṇaṃ samantād vahnināvṛtam . .95. .
saṃvartakānalākāraṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ puraṃ mahat .
advāraṃ dadṛśurdivyamanantaṃ te surottamāḥ . . 96. .
dṛṣṭavā jagmuḥ paraṃ153 caiva vismayaṃ bhayameva ca .
tān bhītavadanān vyāsa vepamānān sureśvarān .
pañcākṣo gaṇapaḥ prāha mā bhīrbhavatu vaḥ surāḥ ..97. .
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140 vimuktā hi - ka. gha. . 141 rāgalobhavivarjitāḥ - gha . 142 ajarā amarāḥ - kha, ajarā - gha. . 143 capyālaṃkṛtaṃ - gha. . 144 sarvabhakṣaṃ. - ka., kṣāni - kha . 145 cāpyalaṃkāraṃ - ka. kha. gha. . 146 madhurairmākṣikaiḥ - gha. . 147 sarvaṃ... ka. . 148 divyaṃ - ka kha . 149... taṃ - ka. gha. . 150... cullikā - ka. . 151 gire. - gha . 152 māno - kha gha- . 153 pura - gha. .
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idantat sumahad ghoraṃ puraṃ ghorānalāvṛtam .
draṣṭvyaṃ vo mahātmāno yatkṛte cāgatāstviha154 . .9 8..
sanatkumāra uvāca
evamuktvā sa paṃcākṣaḥ155 śūlenānalavarcasā .

and others all kinds of pleasures, as well as auspicious honey made without bees.
Other trees there, O Vyāsa, are milky and full of great splendor; / all continuously flow with cow-like milk.
The entire ground is gem-studded with auspicious golden sands; / there are water springs and mountain cascades.
Among them there is no anger or greed, no fighting, hatred, or malice; / no delusion, no arrogance, nor are there other faults there.
In its middle was another auspicious city, extending twenty million [yojanas], / adorned with a rampart made of ruby.
Having passed by such cities, then the gods [saw a city] / extending ten million yojanas, encircled all around by fire,
having the appearance of the cosmic fire at the end of an aeon, terrible to look upon, a vast city; / without a gateway, divine, and boundless, those foremost gods beheld it.
Having seen it, they were seized with great wonder and fear. / To those lords of gods, whose faces were terrified and who were trembling, O Vyāsa,
the Gaṇapa Pañcākṣa said: "Let there be no fear in you, O gods!
This very vast, dreadful city surrounded by terrible fire / is to be seen by you, noble ones, for the sake of which you have come here."
Sanatkumāra said:
Having spoken thus, that Pañcākṣa, with a trident blazing like fire,