Padma Purana · Chapter 3.9

sūta uvāca-/
uttareṣu ca bho viprā dvīpeṣu śrūyate kathā /
evaṃ tatra mahābhāgā bruvatastannibodhata

ghṛtatoyaḥ samudrotha dadhimaṃḍodakoparaḥ /
surodasāgaraścaiva tathānyo dugdhasāgaraḥ

paraspareṇa dviguṇāḥ sarve dvīpā dvijarṣabhāḥ /
parvatāśca mahāprājñāḥ samudraiḥ parivāritāḥ

gaurastu madhyame dvīpe girirmanaḥśilo mahān /
parvataḥ paścime kṛṣṇo nārāyaṇasakho dvijāḥ

tatra ratnāni divyāni svayaṃ rakṣati keśavaḥ /
prasannaścābhavattatra prajānāṃ vyadadhātsukham

śaradvīpe kuśastaṃbo madhye janapadasya ha /
saṃpūjyate śālmaliśca dvīpe śālmalike dvijāḥ

krauṃcadvīpe mahākrauṃco girī ratnacayākaraḥ /
saṃpūjyate bho vipreṃdrāścāturvarṇyena nityadā

gomaṃtaḥ parvato viprāḥ sumahānsarvadhātukaḥ /
yatra nityaṃ nivasati śrīmānkamalalocanaḥ

mokṣibhiḥ saṃgato nityaṃ prabhurnārāyaṇohariḥ /
kuśadvīpe tu vipreṃdrāḥ parvato vidrumaiścitaḥ

sunāmā ca sudurdharṣo dvitīyo hemaparvataḥ /
dyutimānnāma vipreṃdrāstṛtīyaḥ kumudo giriḥ

caturthaḥ puṣpavānnāma paṃcamastu kuśeśayaḥ /
ṣaṣṭo harigirirnāma ṣaḍete parvatottamāḥ

teṣāmaṃtaraviṣkaṃbho dviguṇaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ /
audbhidaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ reṇumaṃḍalam

tṛtīyaṃ surathaṃ nāma caturthaṃ laṃbanaṃ smṛtam /
dhṛtimatpaṃcamaṃ varṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prabhākaram

saptamaṃ kāpilaṃ varṣaṃ saptaite varṣalaṃbakāḥ /
eteṣu devagaṃdharvāḥ prajāśca muditā dvijāḥ /
viharaṃti ramaṃte ca na teṣu mriyate janaḥ

na teṣu dasyavaḥ saṃti mlecchajātyo'pi vā dvijāḥ /
gauraprāyo janaḥ sarvaḥ sukumāraśca sattamāḥ

avaśiṣṭeṣu sarveṣu vakṣyāmi dvijapuṃgavāḥ /
yathā śrutaṃ mahāprājñā varṇyate śṛṇuta dvijāḥ

krauṃcadvīpe mahābhāgāḥ krauṃco nāma mahāgiriḥ /
krauṃcātparo vāmanako vāmanādaṃdhakārakaḥ

aṃdhakārātparo viprā mainākaḥ parvatottamaḥ /
mainākātparato viprā goviṃdo giriruttamaḥ

goviṃdātparataścaiva puṃḍarīko mahāgiriḥ /
puṃḍarīkātparaścāpi procyate duṃdubhisvanaḥ

purastāddviguṇasteṣāṃ viṣkaṃbho munipuṃgavāḥ /
deśāṃstatra pravakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

krauṃcasya kuśalo deśo vāmanasya manonugaḥ /
manonugātparo deśa uṣṇo nāma tapodhanāḥ

uṣṇātparaḥ prāvarakaḥ prāvarādaṃdhakārakaḥ /
aṃdhakārakadeśāttu munideśaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ

munideśātparaścaiva procyate duṃdubhisvanaḥ /
siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇo gauraḥ prāyojanaḥ smṛtaḥ

ete deśāḥ samākhyātā devagaṃdharvasevitāḥ /
puṣkare puṣkaro nāma parvato maṇiratnavān

tatra nityaṃ prasarati svayaṃ devaḥ prajāpatiḥ /
paryupāsaṃti taṃ nityaṃ devāḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ

vāgbhirmanonukūlābhiḥ pūjayaṃti dvijottamāḥ /
jaṃbūdvīpātpravarttante ratnāni vividhāni ca

dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu prajānāṃ munisattamāḥ /
viprāṇāṃ brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca

ārogyāyuṣpramāṇābhyāṃ dviguṇaṃ dviguṇaṃ tataḥ /
ete janapadā viprā dvīpeṣu teṣu sattamāḥ

uktā janapadā yeṣu dharmaścaikaḥ pravarttate /
īśvaro daṃḍamudyamya svayameva prajāpatiḥ

dvīpānetānmunivarā rakṣaṃstiṣṭhati sarvadā /
sa rājā sa śivo viprāḥ sa pitā sa pitāmahaḥ

gopāyati dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prajāḥ sa dvijapaṃḍitāḥ /
bhojanaṃ cātra vipreṃdrāḥ prajāḥ svayamupasthitam

siddhameva mahābhāgā bhuṃjate taddhi nityadā /
tataḥ paraṃ mahāśailo dṛśyate lokasaṃsthitiḥ

caturasro mahāprājñaḥ sarvataḥ parimaṃḍalaḥ /
tatra tiṣṭhaṃti vipreṃdrāścatvāro lokasaṃmatāḥ

diggajā hi muniśreṣṭhā vāmanairāvatāṃ janāḥ /
supratīkastathā viprāḥ prabhinnakaraṭāmukhāḥ

tasyāhaṃ parimāṇaṃ na saṃkhyātumihamutsahe /
asaṃkhyātaḥ sunityaṃ hi tiryagūrddhvamadhastathā

tatra vai vāyavo vāṃti digbhyaḥ sarvābhya eva ca /
asaṃbaṃdhā muniśreṣṭhāstānnigṛhṇaṃti te dvijāḥ

puṣkaraiḥ padmasaṃkāśairvikarṣaṃti mahāprabhaiḥ /
śatadhā punarevāśu te tānmuṃcaṃti nityaśaḥ

śvasadbhirmukhanāsābhyāṃ diggajairiva mārutāḥ /
āgacchaṃti dvijaśreṣṭhāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti vai prajāḥ

yathoddiṣṭaṃ mayā proktaṃ sanirmāṇamidaṃ jagat /
śrutvedaṃ pṛthivīmānaṃ puṇyadaṃ ca manonugam

śrīmāṃstarati vipreṃdrāḥ siddhārthaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ /
āyurbalaṃ ca kīrttiśca tasya tejaśca varddhate

yaḥ śṛṇoti samākhyātuṃ parvaṇīdaṃ dhṛtavrataḥ /
prīyaṃte pitarastasya tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe navamo'dhyāyaḥ