The Geography of the Puranas c8.235

c8.235

That tank is full of thousand-petalled lotuses and it appears as if it has been decorated with innumerable umbrellas. Mahāpadma blue-petalled lotuses and bees beautify this tank. This lotus forest is always resounding with the charming songs of Kinnaras. This lily land covers a vast area. Yakṣas and Gandharvas roam over it and saints look after it. In a circular tract in the midst of that lotus forest with a diameter of five Yojanas there is a Nyagrodha (Vaṭa) tree with a big trunk and several branches. There resides a thousand-mouthed demon-killer, Nilambara Deva. In brightness it is like full moon. This land located in the centre of lotus land is always worshipped by Yakṣas, Gandharvas and scholars. There Nārāyaṇa is worshipped daily. That place is famous in all Lokas as Anant Sadana and is covered with garlands of lotuses and innumerable flowers. In the central part of Sahasra-Śikhara and Kumuda mountains there is a mountain peak thirty Yojanas in breadth, one hundred Yojanas in length and as high as an arrow can be shot upwards. Sounds of a variety of animals are always heard. It is surrounded by trees from which honey is dropping. The fruits of those trees are sweet-smelling, very tasty and as big as an elephant's body. On that peak is located the Āśrama of Śukrācārya. That Āśrama is served by Devas and Rṣis and is resplendent and famous.