The Geography of the Puranas c8.91

c8.91

Meru is the abode of Viṣṇu and Niṣadha is the east-west range adjoining it in the south. Therefore we must look for L. Viṣṇupāda (lake at the foot of the abode of Viṣṇu) somewhere in the Wakhan region where the Meru and Niṣadha come closest to each other. The lake is evidently Lake Chakmaktin in modern maps from which rises the Wakhan river flowing west through the land of the Gandharvas.