Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.12

bhuvanakośavarṇane plakṣadvīpakuśadvīpavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
jambudvīpo yathā cāyaṃ yatpramāṇena kīrtitaḥ /
tāvatā sarvataḥ kṣārodadhinā pariveṣṭitaḥ

jambākhyena yathā merustathā kṣārodakena ca /
kṣārodadhistu dviguṇaḥ plakṣākhyenopaveṣṭitaḥ

yathaiva parikhā bāhyopavanena hi veṣṭyate /
plakṣākhyaśca svayaṃ jambupramāṇo dvīparūpadhṛk

hiraṇmayo'gnistatraiva tiṣṭhatīti viniścayaḥ /
priyavatātmajastatra saptajihva iti smṛtaḥ

agnistadadhipastvidhmajihvaḥ svaṃ dvīpameva ca /
vibhajya saptavarṣāṇi svaputrebhyo dadau vibhuḥ

svayamātmavidāṃ mānyāṃ yogacaryāṃ samāśritaḥ /
tenaiva cātmayogena bhagavantamupāgataḥ

śivaṃ ca yavasaṃ bhadraṃ śāntaṃ kṣemāmṛte tathā /
abhayaṃ ceti saptaiva tadvarṣāṇi sadekṣatām

teṣu proktā nadīḥ sapta girayaḥ sapta caiva hi /
aruṇā nṛmṇāṅ‌girasī sāvitrī suprabhātikā

ṛtambharā satyambharā iti nadyaḥ prakīrtitāḥ /
maṇikūṭo vajrakūṭa indrasenastathaiva ca

jyotiṣmānvai suparṇaśca hiraṇyaṣṭhīva eva ca /
meghamāla iti khyātāḥ plakṣadvīpasya parvatāḥ

nadīnāṃ jalamātreṇa darśanasparśanādibhiḥ /
nirdhūtāśeṣarajaso nistamaskāḥ prajāstathā

haṃsaścaiva pataṅgaśca ūrdhvāyana itīva ca /
satyāṅgasaṃjñāścatvāro varṇāḥ plakṣasya dvīpake

sahasrāyupramāṇāśca vividhopamadarśanāḥ /
svargadvāraṃ trayīvidyāvidhinārkaṃ yajanti te

prat‍nasya viṣṇo rūpaṃ ca satyartasya ca brahmaṇaḥ /
amṛtasya ca mṛtyośca sūryamātmānamīmahi

plakṣādiṣu ca sarveṣu pajjadvīpeṣu nārada /
āyurindriyamojaśca balaṃ buddhiḥ saho'pi ca

vikramaḥ sarvalokānāṃ siddhirautpattikī sadā /
plakṣadvīpātparaṃ cekṣurasodaḥ saritāmpatiḥ

plakṣadvīpaṃ samagraṃ ca parivāryāvatiṣṭhate /
śālmalākhyastato dvīpaścāsmād dviguṇavistaraḥ

samānena surodena sindhunā pariveṣṭitaḥ /
yatra vai śālmalīvṛkṣaḥ plakṣāyāmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

sthānaṃ tatpakṣirājasya garuḍasya mahātmanaḥ /
tasya dvīpasya nātho hi yajñabāhuḥ priyavratāt

jātaḥ sa eva saptabhyaḥ svaputrebhyo dadau dharām /
tadvarṣāṇāṃ ca nāmāni kathitāni nibodhata

surocanaṃ saumanasyaṃ ramaṇaṃ devavarṣakam /
pāribhadre tathā cāpyāyanaṃ vijñātanāmakam

teṣu varṣādrayaḥ sapta saptaiva saritaḥ smṛtāḥ /
sarasaḥ śataśṛṅgaśca vāmadevaśca kandakaḥ

kumudaḥ puṣpavarṣaśca sahasraśrutireva ca /
ete ca parvatāḥ sapta nadīnāmāni cocyate

anumatiḥ sinīvālī sarasvatī kuhūstathā /
rajanī caiva nandā ca rāketi parikīrtitāḥ

tadvarṣapuruṣāḥ sarve cāturvarṇyasamāhvayāḥ /
śrutadharo vīryadharo vasundhara iṣundharaḥ

bhagavantaṃ vedamayaṃ yajante somamīśvaram /
svagobhiḥ pitṛdevebhyo vibhajatkṛṣṇaśuklayoḥ

sarvāsāṃ ca prajānāṃ ca rājā somaḥ prasīdatu /
evaṃ surodād dviguṇaḥ svamānena prakīrtitaḥ

ghṛtodenāvṛtaḥ so'yaṃ kuśadvīpaḥ prakāśate /
yasminnāste kuśastambo dvīpākhyākāraṇo jvalan

svaśaṣparociṣā kāṣṭhā bhāsayanparitiṣṭhate /
hiraṇyaretāstaddvīpapatiḥ praiyavrata svarāṭ

svaputrebhyaśca saptabhyastad‌dvīpaṃ santadhābhajat /
vasuśca vasudānaśca tathā dṛḍharuciḥ paraḥ

nābhiguptastutyavratau viviktanāmadevakau /
teṣāṃ varṣeṣu saptaiva sīmāgirivarāḥ smṛtāḥ

nadyaḥ saptaiva santīha tannāmāni nibodhata /
cakrastathā catuḥśṛṅgaḥ kapilaścitrakūṭakaḥ

devānīkaścordhvaromā draviṇa sapta parvatāḥ /
rasakulyā madhukulyā mitravindā tathaiva ca

śrutavindā devagarbhā ghṛtacyunmandamālike /
yatpayobhiḥ kuśadvīpavāsinaḥ sarva eva te

kuśalaḥ kovidaścaivāpyabhiyuktastathaiva ca /
kulakaśceti saṃjñābhiścaturvarṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

jātavedasarūpaṃ taṃ devaṃ karmajakauśalaiḥ /
yajante devavaryābhāḥ sarve sarvavido janāḥ

parasyabrahmaṇaḥ sākṣājjātavedo'si havyavāṭ /
devānāṃ puruṣāṅgānāṃ yajñena puruṣaṃ yaja /
evaṃ yajante jvalanaṃ sarve dvīpādhivāsinaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
bhuvanakośavarṇane plakṣadvīpakuśadvīpavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ