Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.37

//śrīnārada uvāca//
barbarītīrthamāhātmyamatho vakṣyāmi te'rjuna//
yathā barbarikā jātā śataśrṛṃgā nṛpātmajā

kumāriketi vikhyātā tasyā nāmnā prakathyate//
idaṃ kaumārikākhaṃḍaṃ caturvargaphalapradam

yayā kṛtā pṛthivyāṃ ca nānāgrāmādikalpanā//
idaṃ bharatakhaṃḍaṃ ca yayā samyakprakalpitam

//dhanaṃjaya uvāca//
mahadetanmamāścaryaṃ śrotavyaṃ paramaṃ mune//
kumārīcaritaṃ sarvaṃ brūhi mahyaṃ savistaram

kathaṃ viśvamidaṃ jātaṃ karmajātiprakalpitam//
kathaṃ vā bhārataṃ khaṃḍaṃ śuśrūṣeya sadā mama

//nārada uvāca//
avyakto'sminnirāloke pradhānapuruṣāvubhau//
ajau samāgatāvekau kevalaṃ śrṛṇumo vayam

tataḥ svabhāvakālābhyāṃ svarūpābhyāṃ samīritam//
īkṣaṇenaiva prakṛtermahattattvamajāyata

mahattattvādvikurvāṇādahaṃtattvaṃ vyajāyata//
tridhā tanmunibhiḥ proktaṃ sattvarāsatāmasam

tāmasātpaṃca jātāni tanmātrāṇi vudurbudhāḥ//
tanmātrebhyaśca bhūtāni veśeṣāḥ paṃca tadbhavāḥ

sāttvikāccāpyahaṃkārādvidvi karmedriyāṇi ca//
ekādaśaṃ manaścaiva rājasaṃ ca dvayorviduḥ

caturviśatitattvāni jātānīti purā viduḥ//
sadāśivena vai puṃsā tāni dṛṣṭāni bhārata

bud‌budākāratāṃ jagmuraṃḍaṃ jātaṃ tataḥ śubham//
śakatoṭipramāṇaṃ ca brahmāṃḍamidamucyate

ātmāsya kathito brahmā vyabhajatsa tridhā tvidam//
ūrdhvaṃ tatra sthitā devā madhye caiva ca mānavāḥ

nāgā daityāśca pātāle tridhaitatparikalpitam//
aikaikaṃ saptadhābhūya tatastena prakalpitam

pātālāni ca dvīpāni svarlokāḥ saptasapta ca//
sapta dvīpāni vakṣyāmi śrṛṇu teṣāṃ prakalpanām

lakṣayojanavistāraṃ jaṃbūdvīpaṃ prakīrtyate//
sūryabiṃbasamākāraṃ tāvatkṣārārṇavāvṛtam

śākadvīpaṃ dviguṇato jaṃbūdvīpāttataḥ param//
tāvatā kṣīratoyena samudreṇa parīvṛtam

surātoyena daityānāṃ mohakāryarṇavena hi//
puṣkaraṃ tu tato dvīpaṃ dviguṇaṃ tāvatā vṛtam

kuśadvīpaṃ dviguṇatastatastatparataḥ smṛtam//
dadhitoyena paritastāvadarṇavasaṃvṛtam

tataḥ paraṃ krauñcasaṃjñaṃ dviguṇaṃ hi ghṛtābdhinā//
tataḥ śālmalidvīpaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ tāvataiva ca

ikṣusārasvarūpeṇa samudreṇa parivṛtam//
gomedaṃ tasya parito dviguṇaṃ tāvatā vṛtam

svādutoyena ramyeṇa samudreṇa samaṃtataḥ//
evaṃ koṭidvayaṃ pārtha lakṣapaṃcāśatatrayam

paṃcāśacca sahasrāṇi saptadvīpāḥ sasāgarāḥ//
daśottarāṇi paṃcaiva aṃgulānāṃ śatāni ca

apāṃ vṛddhikṣayo dṛṣṭaḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ//
tato hemamayī bhūmirdaśakoṭyaḥ kurūdvaha

devānāṃ krīḍanasthānaṃ lokālokastataḥ param//
parvato valayākāro yojanāyutavistṛtaḥ

asya bāhye tamo ghoraṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ jīvavarjitam//
paṃcatriṃśatsmṛtāḥ koṭyo lakṣāṇyekonaviṃśatiḥ

catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ ca phālguna//
saptasāgaramānastu garbhodastadanaṃtaram

koṭiyojanavistāraḥ kaṭāhaṛ saṃvyavasthitaḥ//
brahmaṇoṃ'ḍaṃ kaṭāhena saṃyuktaṃ merumadhyataḥ

paṃcāśatkoṭayo jñeyā daśadikṣu samaṃtataḥ//
jaṃbudvīpasya madhye tu merunāmāsti parvataḥ

sa lakṣayojano jñeyo hyadhaścordhvaṃ pramāṇataḥ//
ṣoḍaśaiva sahasrāṇi yojanānāmadhaḥ sthitaḥ

ucchrayaścaturāśītirdvātriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ//
tribhiḥ śṛṃgaiḥ samāyuktaḥ śarāvākṛtimastakaḥ

madhyaśṛṃge brahmavāsa aiśānyāṃ tryaṃbakasya ca//
nairṛtye vāsudevasya hemaśṛṃgaṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ

ratnajaṃ śaṃkarasyāpi rājataṃ keśavasya ca//
merudikṣu catasṛṣu viṣkaṃbhā girayaḥ smṛtāḥ

pūrveṇa maṃdaro nāmadakṣiṇe gaṃdhamādanaḥ//
vipulaḥ paścimo jñeyaḥ supārśvastu tathottare

kadaṃbo maṃdare jñeyojaṃburvai gaṃdhamādane//
aśvattho vipule caiva supārśveca vaṭomataḥ

ekādaśaśatāyāmāścatvāro giriketavaḥ//
eteṣāṃ saṃti catvāri vanāni jayamūrdhasu

pūrvaṃ caitrarathaṃ nāmadakṣiṇe gaṃdhamādanam//
vaibhrājaṃpaścime jñeyamudakcitrarathaṃ vanam

sarāṃsi cāpi catvāri caturdikṣu nibodha me//
prācye'ruṇodasaṃjñaṃ tu mānasaṃ dakṣiṇe saraḥ

pratyakchīto dakaṃnāma uttare ca mahāhradaḥ//
viṣkaṃbhagirayo hyeta ucchritāḥ paṃcaviṃśatiḥ

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sahasraṃ piṃḍataḥ smṛtam//
anye ca saṃti bahuśastatra vai kesarācalāḥ

merordakṣiṇataścaiva trayo maryādaparvatāḥ//
niṣadho hemakūṭaśca himavāniti te trayaḥ

lakṣayojanadīrghāśca vistīrṇā dvisahasrakam//
trayaścottarato merornīlaḥ śveto'tha śrṛṃgavān

mālyavānpūrvato merorgaṃdhākhyaḥ paścime tathā//
ityete girayaḥ proktā jaṃbudvīpe samaṃtataḥ

gaṃdhamādanasaṃsthāyā mahāgajapramāṇataḥ//
phalāni jaṃbavāstannāmnā jaṃbūdvīpamiti smṛtam

āsītsvāyaṃbhuvonāma manurādyaḥ prajāpatiḥ//
āsītstrī śatarūpā tāmuduvoḍha prajāpatiḥ//
priyavratottānapādau tasyā''stāṃ tanayāvubhau

dhruvaścottānapādasya putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ//
bhaktyā sa viṣṇumārādhya sthānaṃ caivākṣayaṃ gataḥ

priyavratasya rājarṣerutpannā daśa sūnavaḥ//
trayaḥ pravrajitāstatra paraṃbrahma samāśritāḥ

sapta saptasu dvīpeṣu tena putrāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ//
jaṃbūdvīpādhipo jyeṣṭha āgnīdhra iti viśrutaḥ

tasyāsannava sutāḥ pārtha navavarṣeśvarāḥ smṛtāḥ//
teṣāṃ nāmnā ca te varṣāstiṣṭhaṃtyadyāpi cāṃkitāḥ

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi nava pratyekaśaḥ smṛtāḥ//
meroścaturdaśaṃ khaṃḍaṃ gaṃdhamālyavatordvayoḥ

aṃtare hemabhūmiṣṭhamilāvṛtamihocyate//
mālyavatsāgarāṃtasya bhadrāśvamiti procyate

gaṃdhavatsāgarāṃtasya ketumālamiti smṛtam

śrṛṃgavajjaladheraṃtaḥ kurukhaṃḍamiti smṛtam//
śrṛṃgavacchvetamadhye ca khaṇḍaṃ proktaṃ hiraṇmayam

sunīlaśvetayormadhye khaṃḍamāhuśca ramyakam//
niṣadho hemakūṭaśca harikhaṃḍaṃ tadaṃtarā

himavaddhimakūṭāṃtaḥ khaṇḍaṃ kiṃpuruṣaṃ smṛtam//
himādrijaladherantarnābhi khaṇḍamiti smṛtam

nābhikhaṇḍaṃ ca kuravo dve varṣe dhanupākṛtī//
himavāṃśca giriśrṛṃgī jyāsthāne parikīrtitau

nābheḥ putraśca ṛṣabha ṛṣabhādbarato'bhavat//
tasya nāmnā tvidaṃ varṣaṃ bhārataṃ ceti kīrtyate

atra dharmārthakāmānāṃ mokṣasya ca upārjanam//
anyatra bhogabhūmiśca sarvatra kurunaṃdana

śākadvīpe ca śāko'sti yojanānāṃ sahasrakaḥ//
tasya nāmnā ca tadvarṣaṃ śākadvīpamiti smṛtam

tasya ca priyavrata evādhipatirnāmnā medhātithiriti

tasya purojavamanojavavepamānadhūmrānīkacitrarephabahurūpaviśvacārasaṃjñāni putranāmāni sapta varṣāṇi

śākadvīpe ca varṣa ṛtavratasatyavratānuvratanāmāno vāyyavātkamaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ japaṃti

aṃtaḥ praviśya bhūtāni yo vibhajyātmaketubhiḥ//
aṃtaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe jagat

//iti japaḥ//
kuśadvīpe kuśastaṃbo yojanānāṃ sahasrakaḥ//
taccihnacihnitaṃ tasmātkuśadvīpaṃ tataḥ smṛtam

taddvīpapatiśca praiyavrato hiraṇyaromā tatputravasuvasudānadṛḍhakavinābhiguptasatyavratavāmadevanāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi//
varṇāśca kuliśakovidābhiyuktakulakasaṃjñā jātavedasaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ stuvaṃti

parasya brahṇaḥ sākṣājjātavedāsi havyavāṭ//
devānāṃ puruṣāṃgānāṃ yajñena puruṣaṃ yajaḥ

//iti stutiḥ//
krauṃcadvīpe krauṃcanāmā parvato yojanāyataḥ//
yo'sau guhena nirbhinnastaccihnaṃ krauṃcadvīpakam

tatra ca praiyavrato ghṛtapṛṣṭināmā tatputrāmamadhuruhameghapṛṣṭhasvadāmaṛtāśvalohitārṇavavanaspatiitisaptaputranāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi

varṇāśca guruṛṣabhadraviṇadevakasaṃjñāḥ

āpomayaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ stuvaṃti

āpaḥ puruṣavīryāśca punaṃtīrbhūrbhūvaḥsvaśca//
taiḥ punaramīvaghnāḥsaṃspṛśetātmanā bhuvaḥ

//iti japaḥ//
śālmalernāma vṛkṣasya tatravāsaḥ sahasraṃ yojanānāṃ taccihnaṃ śālmalidvipamucyate

tasyādhipatiḥ praiyavrato yajñabāhustatputrasurocanasaumanasyaramaṇakadevabarhipāribhadrāpyāyanābhijñānanāmāni saptavarṣāṇi

varṇāśca śrutadharavīryavasuṃdharaiṣaṃdharasaṃjñā bhagavaṃtaṃ somaṃ yajaṃti

svayoniḥ pitṛdevebhyo vibhajañchuklakṛṣṇayoḥ//
adhaḥ prajānāṃ sarvāsāṃ rājā naḥ somostu

iti japaḥ gomedanāmā plakṣosti suramyo yasya cchāyayā//
modovṛddhiṃ gataṃ laulyādgomedaṃ dvīpamucyate

tatra praiyavrata idhmajihvaḥ patistatputrasivasuramyasubhadra śāṃtyaśaptamṛtābhayanāmāṃkitāni sapta varṣāṇi

varṇāśca haṃsapataṃgordhvāṃcanasatyāṃgasaṃjñāścatvāro bhagavaṃtaṃ sūryaṃ yajaṃte

praśrasya viṣṇurūpaṃyattatrotthasya brahmaṇo'mṛtasya ca//
mṛtyośca sūryamātmānaṃ dhīmahi

//iti japaḥ//
svarṇapatrāṇi niyutaṃ yojanānāṃ sahasrakam//
puṣkaraṃ jvaladā bhāti taccihnaṃ dvīpapuṣkaram

tasyādhipatiḥ praiyavrato vītahotranāmā tatputrau ramaṇakaghātakau

tannāmacihnataṃ khaṃḍadvayam

tayoraṃtarālemānasācalo nāma valayākāraḥ parvato yasminbhramati bhagavānbhāskara iti

tatra varṇāśca na saṃti kevalaṃ samānāste brahma dhyāyaṃti

yadyatkarmamayaṃ liṃgaṃ brahmaliṃgaṃ janorcayan//
bhedenaikāṃtamadvaitaṃ tasmai bhagavate namaḥ

//iti japaḥ//
naiṣu krodho na mātsaryaṃ puṇyapāpārjanena ca//
ayutaṃ dviguṇaṃ cāpi kramādāyuḥ prakīrtitam

japaṃtaḥ kāminīyuktā viharaṃtyamarā iva//
atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi ūrdhvalokasya saṃsthitim

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumārikākhyāne bhūsaṃsthitivarṇanaṃnāma spatatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ