Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2847

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2847

(v) Śūrpāraka is the land formed by the withdrawal of the ocean. It is also called "Aparāntabhūmi". (Śānti Parva, Chapter 49, Verse 66).