Varaha Purana · Chapter 84

rudra uvāca /
uttarāṇāṃ ca varṣāṇāṃ dakṣiṇānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ /
ācakṣate yathānyāyaṃ ye ca parvatavāsinaḥ /
tacchṛṇudhvaṃ mayā viprāḥ kīrttyamānaṃ samāhitāḥ

dakṣiṇena tu śvetasya nīlasya cottareṇa ca /
vāyavyāṃ ramyakaṃ nāma jāyante tatra mānavāḥ /
matipradhānā vimalā jarādaurgandhyavarjitāḥ

tatrāpi sumahān vṛkṣo nyagrodho rohitaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tatphalād rasapānāddhi daśavarṣasahastriṇaḥ /
āyuṣā sarvamanujā jāyante devarūpiṇaḥ

uttareṇa ca śvetasya triśrṛṅgasya ca dakṣiṇe /
varṣaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ nāma tatra hairaṇvatī nadī /
yakṣā vasanti tatraiva balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ

ekādaśahastrāṇi samānāṃ tena jīvate /
śatānyanyāni jīvante varṣāṇāṃ daśa pañca ca

lakucāḥ kṣudrasā vṛkṣāstasmin deśe vyavasthitāḥ /
tatphalaprāśamānā hi tena jīvanti mānavāḥ

tathā triśrṛṅge ca maṇikāñcanasarvaratnaśikharānukrameṇa tasya cottaraśrṛṅgāddakṣiṇasamudrānte cottarakuravaḥ / vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca vṛkṣeṣveva jāyante kṣīravṛkṣāḥ kṣīrāsavāḥ santi/ maṇibhūmiḥ suvarṇabālukā/ tasmin svargacyutāśca puruṣā vasanti trayodaśavarṣasahastrāyuṣaḥ / tasyaiva dvīpasya paścimena caturyojanasahastramatikramya devalokāccandradvīpo bhavati yojanasahastraparimaṇḍalaḥ / tasya madhye candrakāntasūryakāntanāmānau girivarau/ tayośca madhye candrāvatī nāma mahānadī anekavṛkṣaphalānekanadīsamākulā/ etatkuruvarṣaṃ ca / tasyottarapārśve samudrormimālāḍhyaṃ pañcayojanasahastramatikramya devalokāt sūryadvīpo bhavati yojanasahastraparimaṇḍalaḥ/ tasya madhye girivaraḥ śatayojanavistīrṇastāvaducchritaḥ/ tasmātsūryāvarttanāmā nadī nirgatā/ tatra ca sūryasyādhiṣṭhitam tatra sūryadaivatyāstadvarṇāśca prajā daśavarṣasahastrāyuṣaḥ/ tasya ca dvīpasya paścimena caturyojanasahastramatikramya samudraṃ daśayojanasahastraṃ parimaṇḍalatvena dvīpo rudrākaro nāma / tatra ca bhadrāsanaṃ vāyoranekaratnaśobhitam/ tatra vigrahavān vāyustiṣṭhati/ tapanīyavarṇāśca prajāḥ pañcavarṣasahastrāyuṣaḥ

// iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe bhagavacchāstre caturaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ