Padma Purana · Chapter 3.3

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-/
nadīnāṃ parvatānāṃ ca nāmadheyāni sarvaśaḥ /
tathā janapadānāṃ ca ye cānye bhūmimāśritāḥ

pramāṇaṃ ca pramāṇajña pṛthivyāḥ kila sarvataḥ /
nikhilena samācakṣva kānanāni ca sattama

sūta uvāca-/
paṃcemāni mahāprājña mahābhūtāni saṃgrahāt /
jagatīsthāni sarvāṇi samānyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

bhūmirāpastathā vāyuragnirākāśameva ca /
guṇottarāṇi sarvāṇi teṣāṃ bhūmiḥ pradhānataḥ

śabdasparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gaṃdhaśca paṃcamaḥ /
bhūmereteguṇāḥ proktā ṛṣibhistattvavedibhiḥ

catvāropsuguṇā viprā gaṃdhastatra na vidyate /
śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca tejasotha guṇāstrayaḥ

śabdaḥ sparśaśca vāyostu ākāśe śabda eva ca /
ete paṃca guṇā viprā mahābhūteṣu paṃcasu

vartaṃte sarvalokeṣu yeṣu bhūtāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
anyonyaṃ nātivartaṃte sāmyaṃ bhavati vai tadā

yadā tu viṣamībhāvamāviśaṃti parasparam /
tadā dehairdehavaṃto vyatirohaṃti nānyathā

ānupūrvyā vinaśyaṃti jāyaṃte cānupūrvaśaḥ /
sarvāṇyaparimeyāṇi tadeṣāṃ rūpamaiśvaram

yatrayatra hi dṛśyaṃte dhāvaṃti pāṃcabhautikāḥ /
teṣāṃ manuṣyāstarkeṇa pramāṇāni pracakṣate

aciṃtyāḥ khalu ye bhāvāstānna tarkeṇa sādhayet /
sudarśanaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvīpaṃ tu munipuṃgavāḥ

parimaṃḍalo mahābhāgā dvīpo'sau cakrasaṃsthitaḥ /
nadījalaparicchinnaḥ parvataiścābdhisannibhaiḥ

puraiśca vividhākārai ramyairjanapadaistathā /
vṛkṣaiḥ puṣpaphalopetaiḥ saṃpanno dhanadhānyavān

lavaṇena samudreṇa samaṃtātparivāritaḥ /
yathā hi puruṣaḥ paśyedādarśe mukhamātmanaḥ

evaṃ sudarśano dvīpo dṛśyate cakramaṃḍalaḥ /
dviraṃśe pippalastasya dviraṃśe ca śaśo mahān

sarvauṣadhiṃ samādāya sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ /
āpastatonyā vijñeyāḥ śeṣaḥ saṃkṣepa ucyate

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-/
ukto yasya ca saṃkṣepo buddhimanvidhivattvayā /
tattvajñaścāsi sarvasya vistaraṃ sūta no vada

yāvānbhūmyavakāśoyaṃ dṛśyate śaśalakṣaṇe /
tasya pramāṇaṃ prabrūhi tato vakṣyasi pippalam

evaṃ taiḥ kila pṛṣṭaḥ sa sūto vākyamathābravīt /
sūta uvāca-/
prāgāyatā mahāprājñāḥ ṣaḍete ratnaparvatāḥ

avagāḍhā hyubhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau /
himavānhimakūṭaśca niṣadhaśca nagottamaḥ

nīlaśca vaiḍūryamayaḥ śvetaśca śaśisannibhaḥ /
sarvadhātupinaddhaśca śṛṃgavānnāmaparvataḥ

ete vai parvatā viprāḥ siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ /
teṣāmaṃtaraviṣkuṃbhau yojanāni sahasraśaḥ

tatra puṇyā janapadāstāni varṣāṇi sattamāḥ /
vasaṃti teṣāṃ sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ

idaṃ tu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tato haimavataṃ param /
hemakūṭātparaṃ caiva harivarṣaṃ pracakṣate

dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa ca /
prāgāyato mahābhāgā mālyavānnāma parvataḥ

tataḥ paraṃ mālyavataḥ parvato gaṃdhamādanaḥ /
parimaṃḍalastayormadhye meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ

ādityataruṇābhāso vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ /
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturaśītirucchritaḥ

adhastāccaturaśītiryojanānāṃ dvijottamāḥ /
ūrdhvamadhaśca tiryakca lokānāvṛtya tiṣṭhati

tasya pārśveṣvamī dvīpāścatvāraḥ saṃsthitā dvijāḥ /
bhadrāśvaḥ ketumālaśca jaṃbūdvīpaśca sattamāḥ

uttarāścaiva kuruvaḥ kṛtapuṇya pratiśrayāḥ /
vihaṃgasumukho yastu supārśvasyātmajaḥ kila

sa vai viciṃtayāmāsa sauvarṇānprekṣya vāyasān /
meruruttamamadhyānāmadhamānāṃ ca pakṣiṇām

aviśeṣakaro yasmāttasmādenaṃ tyajāmyaham /
tamādityonuparyeti satataṃ jyotiṣāṃ varaḥ

caṃdramāśca sanakṣatro vāyuścaiva pradakṣiṇaḥ /
sa parvato mahāprājñā divyapuṣpasamanvitaḥ

bhavanairāvṛtaiḥ sarvaiḥ rjāṃbūnadamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
tatra devagaṇā viprā gaṃdharvāsurarākṣasāḥ

apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śaile krīḍaṃti sarvadā /
tatra brahmā ca rudraśca śakraścāpi sureśvaraḥ

sametya vividhairyajñairyajaṃte'neka dakṣiṇaiḥ /
tuṃbururnāradaścaiva viśvāvasurhāhā hūhūḥ

abhigamyāmaraśreṣṭhaṃ stuvaṃti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ /
saptarṣayo mahātmānaḥ kaśyapaśca prajāpatiḥ

tatra gacchaṃti bhadraṃ vaḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi /
tasyaiva mūrddhanyuśanā kāvyo daityairmahīyate

tasya haimāni ratnāni tasyaite ratnaparvatāḥ /
tasmātkubero bhagavāṃścaturthaṃ bhāgamaśnute

tataḥ kalāṃśaṃ vittasya manuṣyebhyaḥ prayacchati /
parvatasyāṃtare divyaṃ sarvartukusumaiścitam

karṇikāravanaṃ ramyaṃ śilājālasamucchritam /
tatra sākṣātpaśupatirdivyabhūtaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

umāsahāyobhagavānramate bhūtabhāvanaḥ /
karṇikāramayīṃ mālāṃ bibhradāpādalaṃbinīm

tribhirnetraiḥ kṛtoddyotastribhiḥ sūryairivoditaiḥ /
tamugratapasaḥ siddhāḥ suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ

paśyaṃti nahi durvṛttaiḥ śakyo draṣṭuṃ maheśvaraḥ /
tasya śailasya śikharātkṣīradhārā dvijottamāḥ

viśvarūpātparamitā bhīmanirghātanisvanā /
puṇyāpuṇyatamairjuṣṭā gaṃgā bhāgīrathī śubhā

plavaṃtī ca pravegena hrade caṃdramasaḥ śubhe /
tayā hyutpāditaḥ puṇyaḥ sa hradaḥ sāgaropamaḥ

tāṃ dhārayāmāsa tadā durddharāṃ parvatairapi /
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi śirasaiva pinākadhṛk

merostu paścime pārśve ketumālo dvijottamāḥ /
jaṃbūkhaṃḍe tu tatraiva mahājanapado dvijāḥ

āyurdaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatra sattamāḥ /
suvarṇavarṇāśca narā striyaścāpsarasāṃ samāḥ

anāmayā vītaśokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ /
jāyaṃte mānavāstatra nistaptakanakaprabhāḥ

gaṃdhamādanaśṛṃgeṣu kuberaḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ /
saṃvṛtopsarasāṃ saṃghairmodate guhyakādhipaḥ

gaṃdhamādanapārśve tu pare vigatapātakāḥ /
ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ paramāyuṣaḥ

tatra kṛṣṇā narā viprāstejoyuktā mahābalāḥ /
striyaścotpalapatrābhāḥ sarvāḥ supriyadarśanāḥ

nīlotpaladharaṃ śvetaṃ śvetāddhairaṇyakaṃ varam /
varṣamairāvataṃ viprā nānājanapadāvṛtam

dhanukhaṃḍeḥ mahābhāgā dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare /
ilāvṛttaṃ madhyagaṃ tu paṃcavarṣāṇi caiva hi

uttarottarametebhyo varṣamudricyate guṇaiḥ /
āyuḥ pramāṇamārogyaṃ dharmataḥ kāmato'rthataḥ

samanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu sarveṣu sattamāḥ /
evameṣā mahābhāgāḥ parvataiḥ pṛthivī citā

hemakūṭastu sumahānkailāso nāma parvataḥ /
tatra vaiśravaṇo devo guhyakaiḥ saha modate

astyuttareṇa kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati /
hiraṇyaśṛṃgaḥ sumahāndivyo maṇimayo giriḥ

tasya pārśve mahaddivyaṃ śubhraṃ kāṃcanavālukam /
ramyaṃ viṣṇusaro nāma yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ

dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathīṃ gaṃgāmuvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ /
yūpā maṇimayāstatra kṣetrāścāpi hiraṇmayāḥ

tatreṣṭvā tu gataḥ siddhiṃ sahasrākṣo mahāyaśāḥ /
sraṣṭā bhūtipatiryatra sarvalokaiḥ sanātanaḥ

upāsyate tigmatejā yatra bhūtaḥ samaṃtataḥ /
naranārāyaṇau brahmā manuḥ sthāṇuśca paṃcamaḥ

tatra divyā tripathagā prathamaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitā /
brahmalokādapākrāṃtā saptadhā pratipadyate

vaṭodakā sā nalinī pārvatī ca sarasvatī /
jaṃbūnadī ca sītā ca gaṃgā siṃdhuśca saptamī

aciṃtyā divyasaṃjñā sā prabhāvaiśca samanvitā /
upāsyate yatra satraṃ sahasrayugaparyaye

dṛśyādṛśyā ca bhavati tatratatra sarasvatī /
etā divyāḥ saptagaṃgāstriṣulokeṣu viśrutāḥ

rakṣāṃsi vai himavatī hemakūṭe ca guhyakāḥ /
sarpā nāgāśca niṣadhe gokarṇaṃ ca tapovanam

devāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śvetaḥ parvatamucyate /
gaṃdharvā niṣadhe nityaṃ nīle brahmarṣayastathā

śṛṃgavāṃstu mahābhāgā devānāṃ pratisaṃcaraḥ /
ityetāni mahābhāgāḥ saptavarṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ

bhūtānyupaniviṣṭāni gatimaṃti dhruvāṇi ca /
teṣāmṛddhirbahuvidhā dṛśyate devamānuṣā

aśakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddhe yā tu vibhūṣitā /
yāṃ tu pṛcchatha māṃ viprā divyamenāṃ śaśākṛtim

pārśve śaśasya dve varṣe ukte ye dakṣiṇottare /
karṇe tu nāgadvīpaśca kāśyapadvīpa eva ca

karṇadvīpaśilo viprāḥ śrīmānmalayaparvataḥ /
etaddvitīyaṃ dvīpasya dṛśyate śaśisaṃsthitam

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ