Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.17
iti śrībradṛmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde
bhāratavarmataṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
yacca kiṃpuruṣaṃ varṣaṃ harivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca /
ācakṣva no yathātattvaṃ kīrttitaṃ bhārataṃ tvayā
sūta uvāca
śuśrūṣā yatra vo viprāstacchṛṇudhvamatandritāḥ /
plakṣakhaṇḍaḥ kiṃpuruṣe sumahānnandanopamaḥ
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi sthitiḥ kiṃpuruṣe smṛtā /
suvarṇavarṇāḥ puruṣāḥ striyaścāpsaraso pamāḥ
anāmayā aśokāśca nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ /
jāyante mānavāstatra nistaptakanakaprabhāḥ
varṣe kiṃpuruṣe puṇye vṛkṣo madhuvahaḥ śubhaḥ /
tasya kiṃpuruṣāḥ sarve 'piban hi rasamuttamam
tataḥ paraṃ kiṃpuruṣo harivarṣaḥ pracakṣate /
mahārajatasaṃkāśā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ
devalokacyutāḥ sarve devānūkāśca sarveśaḥ /
harivarṣe narāḥ sarve pibantīkṣurasaṃ śupham
ekādaśa sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tu nirāmayāḥ /
harivarṣe tu jīvanti sarve muditamānasāḥ
na jarā bādhate tatra na mriyante ca te 'cirāt /
madhyamaṃ yanmayā proktaṃ nāmnā varṣamilāvṛtam
na tatra sūryastapati na tu jīryanti mānavāḥ /
candrasūryai sanakṣatrau na prakāśāvilā vṛte
padmaprabhāḥ padbavarṇāstathā padbanibhekṣaṇāḥ /
padmapatrasugandhāśca jāyante tatra mānavāḥ
jaṃbūphalarasāhārā aniṣyandāḥ sugandhinaḥ /
manasvino bhuktabhogāḥ satkarmaphalabhoginaḥ
devalokacyatāścaiva mahārajatavāsasaḥ /
trayodaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te narottamāḥ
āyuḥ pramāṇaṃ jīvanti ye tu varṣa ilāvṛte /
meroḥ pratidiśaṃ yacca navasāhasravistṛtam
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṭtriṃśattasya vistaraḥ /
yaturasraṃ samantācca śarāvākārasaṃsthitam
meroḥ paścimabhāge tu navasāhasrasammite /
catustriṃśatsahasrāṇi gandhamādanaparvataḥ
udagdakṣiṇataścaiva ānīlaniṣadhāyataḥ /
catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi parivṛddho mahītalāt
sahasramavagāḍhaśca tāvadeva ca vistṛtaḥ /
pūrveṇa mālyavāñchailastatpramāṇaḥ prakīrttitaḥ
dakṣiṇena tu nīlaśca niṣadhaścottareṇa tu /
teṣāṃ madhye mahāmeruḥ svaiḥ pramāṇaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
sarveṣāmeva śailānāmavagāḍho yathā bhavet /
vistarastatpramāṇaḥ syādāyāmo niyutaṃ smṛtaḥ
vṛttabhāvāssamudrasya mahīmaṇḍalabhāvataḥ /
āyāmāḥ parihīyante caturasrasamāḥ smṛtāḥ
ilāvṛtaṃ catuṣkoṇaṃ bhindantī madhyabhāgataḥ /
prabhinnāñjanasaṃkāśā jambūrasavatī nadī
merostu dakṣiṇe pārśve niṣadhasyottareṇa ca /
sudarśano nāma mahāñjambūvṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ
nityapuṣpaphalopetaḥ siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ /
tasya nāmnā samā khyāto jambūdvīpo vanaspateḥ
yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ ca śataṃ cānyanmahātmanaḥ /
utsedho vṛkṣarājasya divaṃ spṛśati sarvataḥ
aratnīnāṃ śatānyaṣṭāvekaṣaṣṭyadhikāni tu /
phalapramāṇaṃ saṃkhyātamṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
patamānāni tānyurvyāṃ kurvanti vipulaṃ svanam /
tasyā jambvāḥ phalaraso nadī bhūtvā prasarppati
meruṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā jambūmūlaṃ viśatyadhaḥ /
taṃ pibanti sadā tdṛṣṭā jaṃbūrasamilāvṛte
jaṃbūphalarase pīte na jarā bādhate tu tān /
na kṣudhā na śramaścāpi na mṛtyurna ca tandri tam
tatra jāṃbūnadaṃ nāma kanakaṃ devabhūṣamam /
indragopakasaṃkāśaṃ jāyate bhāsvaraṃ tu tat
sarveṣāṃ varṣavṛkṣāṇāṃ śubhaḥ phalarasaḥ stutaḥ /
skannaṃ bhavati tacchubhraṃ kanakaṃ devabhūṣaṇam
teṣāṃ mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca dikṣu sarvāsu sarvaśaḥ /
īśvarānugrahādbhūmirmṛtāśca grasate tu tān
rakṣaḥpiśācayakṣāśca sarve haimavataḥ smṛtāḥ /
hemakūṭe tu gandharvā vijñeyāḥ sāpsarogaṇāḥ
sarve nāgastu niṣadhe śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ /
mahāmerau trayastriṃśatkrīḍante yajñiyāḥ surāḥ
nīle tu vaidūryamaye siddhā brahmarṣayo 'malāḥ /
daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ car śvetaḥ parvata ucyate
śṛṅgavānparvataśreṣṭhaḥ pitṝṇāṃ pratisaṃcaraḥ /
navasveteṣu varṣeṣu yathābhāgaṃ sthiteṣu vai
bhūtānyupaniviṣṭāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca /
teṣāṃ vivṛddhirbahudhā dṛśyate divyamānuṣī /
na saṃkhyā parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddheyā tu bubhūṣatām
Original text: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0