Markandeya Purana · Chapter 60

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇeṭhauttarakurukathanaṃ' nāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 60
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
yattu kimpuruṣaṃ varṣaṃ tat pravakṣyāmyahaṃ dvija /
yatrāyurdaśasāhastraṃ puruṣāṇāṃ vapuṣmatām

anāmayā hyaśokāśca narā yatra tathā striyaḥ /
plakṣaḥ ṣaṇḍaśca tatroktaḥ sumahānnandanopamaḥ

tasya te vai phalarasaṃ pibantaḥ puruṣāḥ sadā /
sthirayauvananiṣpannāḥ striyaścotpalagandhikāḥ

ataḥ paraṃ kiṃpuruṣāddharivarṣaṃ pracakṣyate /
mahārajatasaṅkāśā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ

devalokacyutāḥ sarve devarūpāśca sarvaśaḥ /
harivarṣe narāḥ sarve pibantīkṣurasaṃ śubham

na jarā bādhate tatra na jīryante ca karhicit /
tāvantameva te kālaṃ jīvantyatha nirāmayāḥ

meruvarṣaṃ mayā proktaṃ madhyamaṃ yadilāvṛtam /
na tatra sūryastapati na te jīryanti mānavāḥ

labhante nātmalābhañca raśmayaścandrasūryayoḥ /
nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāñca merostatra parā dyutiḥ

padmaprabhāḥ padmagandhā jambūphalarasāśinaḥ /
padmapatrāyatākṣāstu jāyante tatra mānavāḥ

varṣāṇāntu sahasrāṇi tatrāpyāyustrayodaśa /
sarāvākārasaṃstāro merumadhye ilāvṛte

merustatra mahāśailastadākhyātamilāvṛtam /
ramyakaṃ varṣamasmācca kathayiṣye nibodha tat

vṛkṣastatrāpi cottuṅgo nyagrodho haritacchadaḥ /
tasyāpi te phalarasaṃ pibanto vartayanti vai

varṣāyutāyuṣastatra narāstatphalabhoginaḥ /
ratipradhānavimalā jarādaurgandhyavarjitāḥ

tasmādathottaraṃ varṣaṃ nāmnā khyātaṃ hiraṇmayam /
hiraṇvatī nadī yatra prabhūtakamalojjvalā

mahābalāḥ satejaskā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ /
mahākāyā mahāsattvā dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ