The Geography of the Puranas c8.89

c8.89

| Mountain | Lake | Rivers issuing from it | Other details | Variations in Matsya Purāṇa |
| Hemaśṛṅga | L. Sayaṇā (back of Hemakūṭa) | R. Manaswinī R. Jyotiṣmatī | Both enter the Western Sea | Lake Nāga or Lake of Snakes in places of Sayaṇā. R. Saraswatī in place of River Manaswinī |
| Niṣadha | L. Viṣṇupada | R. Gandharvī & R. Nāṅwalī | | Both lakes, a favourable resort of the Gandharvas. River Gandharvī not mentioned |
| Meru | L. Candraprabhā (beyond Meru) | R. Jambū | Pious river gold bed | The source of the lake is in Meru |
| Nīla | L. Puṇḍarīkā L. Payodā | R. Puṇḍarīkā R. Payodā | Lotus-like lake | One of the twin lakes Payodā and Puṇḍarīkā is called Uttara Mānasī. River Mṛgākāntā and R. Mṛgākāntā issue from them. |
| Sweta | L. Uttaramānasa L. Madhuwatsarovara | R. Jyotsnā R. Mṛgākāntā | Pious lake Honey-like Kalpa trees, also known as Rudrakānta | Neither the position of these lakes nor their significance mentioned |
| Kuru country | L. Rudra L. Jaya 12 more lakes | R. Śāntā R. Mādhavī | | 12 lakes under the name Vaijayā full of lotuses. R. Śāntā and R. Mādhavī flow from them |