Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.311

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3) Family life. After obtaining the boon they went to Viśvakarmā and asked him to construct a place of abode for them. Viśvakarmā was frightened and he hastened to suggest a beautiful place for them to live. He said, “There is a mountain named Trikuṭa on the shores of the southern sea. There is a mountain on it called Subala. Its main top grazes the sky. Its four sides have been beautifully chiselled. No birds fly to its top. I have constructed there at the request of Indra a beautiful city surrounded by walls of gold and adorned on all sides with festoons of gold. That city is called Laṅkā and you, demon-lords, can stay there. You will get glory and prestige which even Indra could not acquire in his Amarāvatī. If you live in Laṅkā with your followers you will be unconquerable”.