The Geography of the Puranas c7.s5.79

c7.s5.79

Sūtajī remarked: Kailāsa is located on the delightful central peak of Deva-Kūṭa mountain. It is one hundred yojanas in length and fifty yojanas in breadth. Its peak is white, calm, delightful and of good expanse. Several saints live there. There is a big city full of rows of big houses decorated with gold and diamonds. This city belongs to the great god Kubera. That city is safe from the enemies' attack and is magnificent and prosperous. There is a meeting chamber named Vipula in the midst of that town which has several pillars and is decorated with gold in different ways. There is also an aeroplane named 'Puṣpaka' decorated with numerous gems. It contains all essential things, is very fast-moving, is propelled only by desire and is also fitted with gold wires. This aeroplane is used by Mahātma Kubera. Yakṣendra and Piṅgala Deva, worshipped by all Demons reside there along with Yakṣas, 'Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Saints, Panegyrists and Apsarās. Mahātmā Kubera has eight everlasting treasure houses named Padma, Mahāpadma, Makara, Kacchapa, Kumuda, Śaṅkha, Nīla and Nandaka. These are full of jewels. Indra also resides near Kubera, Fire-Yama, and Devas and other Apsarās also reside there. Attendants first worship Mahātmā Yakṣendra and then walk behind him. There is also the Mandākini river with placid water, where ghats are studded with jewels, and beautiful flowers blossom. They are decorated with golden, blue and beryl-coloured lotuses. In that water, the wives of Yakṣas and Gandharvas always bathe and the water of that Mandākini river is drunk by Devas, Demons, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, ghosts and others. Apart from this two other rivers named Alakananda and Nanda also flow there, full of nectar-like water. This water is used by the Devas. On the eastern peak of that mountain there are ten cities of Gandharvas.... There is no limit to the prosperity of these cities.