Vayu Purana · Verses 38-2

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ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dakṣiṇāndiśamāśritāḥ/
yā droṇyaḥ siddhacaritāḥ śṛṇu tā hyanupūrvaśaḥ

śiśirasyācalendrasya pataṅgasyāntareṇa ca/
ślakṣṇabhūmiśriyā yuktaṃ latāliṅgitapādapam

pṛthukṣepoccaśikharaiḥ pādapairupaśobhitam/
udumbaravanaṃ ramyaṃ pakṣisaṅghaniṣevitam

pakvairvidrumasaṅkāśai rmadhupūrṇairmanoramaiḥ/
jvalitaṃ tadvanaṃ bhāti mahākumbhopamaiḥ phalaiḥ

tat siddhayakṣagandharvāḥ kinnarā uragāstathā/
vidyādharāśca muditā upajīvanti nityaśaḥ

prasannasvādusalilāstatra nadyo bahūdakāḥ/
surasāmalatoyāstāḥ sarāṃsi ca samantataḥ

tatrāśramaṃ bhagavataḥ karddamasya prajāpateḥ/
ramyaṃ suragaṇākīrṇaṃ sarvataścitrakānanam/
samantādyojanaśataṃ tadvanaṃ parimaṇḍalam

tāmravarṇasya śailasya pataṅgasyāntareṇa tu/
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ dviyojanaśatāyatam

taruṇādityasaṅkāśaiḥ puṇḍarīkaiḥ samantataḥ/
sahasrapatrairvikacairmahāpadmairalaṅkṛtam

tathā bhramarasaṃlīnaiḥ śatapatraiḥ sugandhibhiḥ/
praphulllaiḥ śobhitajalaṃ raktanīlairmahotpalaiḥ

sarovaraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ devadānavasevitam/
mahoragairadhyuṣitaṃ nīlajāla vibhūṣitam

tasya madhye janapado hyāyataḥ śatayojanaḥ/
triṃśadyojanavistīrṇo raktadhātuvibhūṣitaḥ

tasyopari mahāramyā prāṃśu prākāratoraṇā/
naranārīgaṇākīrṇā sphītā vibhavavistaraiḥ

valabhīkūṭanirvyūhairmaṇibhaktivicitritaiḥ/
ratnacitrārpitatalaiḥ ślakṣṇacitrottaracchadaiḥ

mahābhavanamālābhirmahāprāṃśubhiruttamaiḥ/
vidyādharapuraṃ tatra śobhate bhrājayacchubham

vidyādharapatistatra pulomā tatra viśrutaḥ/
citraveṣadharaḥ sragvī māhendrasadṛśadyutiḥ

dīptānāṃ citraveṣāṇāṃ sūryapratimatejasām/
vidyādharasahasrāṇāmanekeṣāṃ sa rājarāṭ

viśākhasyācalendrasya pataṅgasyāntareṇa ca/
sarasastāmravarṇasya pūrve tīre pariśrutam

pañceṣukṣepaṇairviddhaṃ suśākhaṃ varṇaśobhitam /
sarva kālaphalaṃ tatra sphītaṃ cāmravaṇaṃ mahat

phalaiḥ kanakasaṅkāśairmahāsvādaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ/
mahākumbhapramāṇaiścātanuśākhaiḥ samantataḥ

gandharvakinnarā yakṣā nāgā vidyādharāstathā/
pibantyāmrarasaṃ tatra susvāduṃ hyamṛtopamam

tatrāmrarasapītānāṃ muditānāṃ mahātmanām/
śrūyante hṛṣṭa puṣṭānāṃ nādāstasmin mahāvane

sumūlasyācalendrasya vasudhārasya cāntare/
samā surabhipūrṇāḍhyā vihaṅgairupaśobhitā

triṃśadyojanavistīrṇā pañcāśadyojanāyatā/
tatra bilvasthalī viprāḥ śuddhā nimnaphaladrumāḥ

susvādairvidrumanibhaiḥ phalairbilvairmahopamaiḥ/
śīryamāṇairviśīrṇaiśca praklinnatalamṛttikāḥ

tāṃ sthalīmupajīvanti yakṣagandharvakinnarāḥ/
siddhā nāgāśca bahuśo nityaṃ bilvaphalāśinaḥ

antare vasudhārasya ratnadhārasya cāntare/
triṃśadyojanavistīrṇamāyataṃ śatayojanam

sugandhaṃ kiṃśukavanaṃ nityaṃ puṣpitapādapam/
puṣpalakṣmyāvṛtaṃ bhāti pradīptamiva sarvataḥ

yasya gandhena divyena vāsyate parimaṇḍalam/
samagraṃ yojanaśataṃ kānanāni samantataḥ

tat siddhacāraṇagaṇairapsarobhiśca sevitam /
ramyaṃ tat kiṃśuka vanaṃ jalāśayavibhūṣitam

tatrādityasya devasya dīptamāyatanaṃ mahat /
māse māse'natarati tatra sūryaḥ prajāpatiḥ

tatra kālasya karttāraṃ sahasrāṃśuṃ surottamam/
siddhasaṅghā namasyanti sarvalokanamaskṛtam

pañcakūṭasya śailasya kailāsasyāntareṇa tu/
ṣaṭ‌triṃśadyojanāyāmaṃ vistīrṇaṃ śatayojanam

kṣudrasattvairanādhṛṣyaṃ sarvato haṃsapāṇḍuram/
duṣpāraṃ sarvasatvānāṃ durgamaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

ityetā hyantaradroṇyo dakṣiṇe parikīrtitāḥ/
yathānupūrvamakhilāḥ siddhasaṅghaniṣevitāḥ

paśvimāyāṃ diśitathā ye'ntaradroṇivistarāḥ/
tān varṇyamānāṃstatvena śrṛṇutemān dvijottamāḥ

antarāle girau tasmin suvakṣaḥ śikhiśailayoḥ/
samantādyojanaśatamekabhūmaṃ śilātalam

nityataptaṃ mahāghoraṃ duḥsparśaṃ romaharṣaṇam/
agamyaṃ sarvasattvānāmīśvarāṇāṃ sudāruṇam

madhye tasyāṃ śilāsthalyāṃ triṃśadyojanamaṇḍalam/
jvālāsahasrakalilaṃ vahnisthānaṃ sudāruṇam

anindhanastatra sadā jvālāmālī vibhāvasuḥ/
jvalatyeṣa sadā devaḥ śaśvattatra hutāśanaḥ

adhidevakṛte yo'sāvagnerbhāgo vidhīyate/
sa tatra jvalate nityaṃ lokasaṃvarttako'nalaḥ

antare śailavarayordevā vāpi tayoḥ śubhāḥ /
mātuluṅgasthalī tatra hyāyāmāddaśayojanā

madhuvyañjanasaṃsthānaiḥ surasaiḥ kanakaprabhaiḥ/
phalaiḥ pariṇataiḥ sarvā śobhitā sā mahāsthalī

tatrāśramaṃ mahā puṇyaṃ siddhasaṅghaniṣevitam/
bṛhaspateḥ pramuditaṃ sarvakāmaguṇairyutam

tathaiva śailavarayoḥ kumudāñjanayorapi/
antare kesaradroṇī hyanekāyāma yojanā

dvibāhupariṇāhaistaistrihastāyatavistṛtaiḥ/
candrāṃśuvarṇairvyākośairmattaṣaṭpadanāditaiḥ

madhusarpīrajaḥ pṛktairmahāgandhairmanoharaiḥ/
śabalaṃ tadvanaṃ bhāti kusumaiḥ sarvakālajaiḥ

tatra viṣṇoḥ suragurordīptamāyatanaṃ mahat/
prakāśantriṣu lokeṣu sarvalokanamaskṛtam

antare śailavarayoḥ kṛṣṇapāṇḍurayorapi/
triṃśadyojanavistīrṇaṃ navatyāyatayojanam

ślakṣṇamekaśilaṃ deśaṃ vṛkṣavīrudvivarjitam /
sukhapādapracā rañca nimnonnatavivarjitam

madhye tu sarasastasya ramyā tu sthalapadminī/
sahasrapatrairvyākośaiḥ chatramātrairalaṅkṛtā

puṇḍarīkairmahāpadmai rucirairgandhaśālibhiḥ /
śatapatraiśca vikacairutpalairnīlapatrakaiḥ

madotkaṭairmadhukarairbhramaraiśca madotkaṭaiḥ/
mṛdugadghadakaṇṭhānāṃ kinnarāṇāñca nisvanaiḥ

upagītapadmakhaṇḍāḍhyā vistīrṇā sthalapadminī/
yakṣagandharvacaritā siddhacāraṇasevitā

madhye tasyāśca padminyāḥ pañcayojanamaṇḍalaḥ/
nyagrodho vipulaskandho hyanekārohimaṇḍitaḥ

tatra candraprabhaḥ śrīmān pūrṇacandranibhānana)/
sahasravadano devo nīlavāsāḥ surārihā

padma mālyadharasthalyāṃ mahābhāgo'parājitaḥ/
ijyate yakṣagandharvairvidyādharagaṇaistathā

tasminnāyatane sākṣādanādinidhano hariḥ/
padmopahāraurvividhai rijyate siddhacāraṇaiḥ

tadanantasado nāma sarvalokeṣu viśrutam/
padmamālāvalambābhirmālābhirupaśobhitam

tathā sahasraśikharakumudasyāntareṇa ca/
pañcāśadyojanāyāmaṃ triṃśadyojanavistaram /
iṣukṣepoccaśikharaṃ nānāvihagasevitam

mahāgandhairmahāsvādairgajadehanibhaiḥ phalaiḥ/
madhusravairmahāvṛkṣairupetaṃ tat samantataḥ

tatrāśramaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ devarṣigaṇasevitam/
śukrasya prathitaṃ tatra bhāsvaraṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ

śaṅkukūṭasya śailasya vṛṣabhasyāntareṇa ca/
parūṣakasthalī ramyā hyanekāyatayojanā

bilvapramāṇaiśca śubhairmahāsvādaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ/
phalaiḥ praklidyate bhūmiḥ paruṣairvṛntavicyutaiḥ

tāṃ sthalīmupajīvanti kinnaroragasādhavaḥ/
parūṣakarasonmattā mānāḍhyāstatra cāraṇāḥ

kapiñjalasya śailasya nāgaśailasya cāntare/
dviyojanaśatāyāmā vistīrṇā śatayojanā

sthalī manoharā sā hi nānāvanavibhūṣitā /
nānāpuṣpaphalopetā kinnaroragasevitā

drākṣāvanāni ramyāṇi tathā nāgavanāni ca/
kharjūravanakhaṇḍāni nīlāśokavanāni ca

dāḍimānāñca svādūnāmakṣoṭakavanāni ca/
atasītilakānāñca kadalīnāṃ vanāni ca

badarīṇāñca svādūnāṃ vanakhaṇḍāni sarvaśaḥ/
svāduśītāmbupūrṇābhirnadībhiḥ śobhitāni ca

tathā puṣpakaśailasya mahāmeghasya cāntare/
ṣaṣṭiyojanavistīrṇā sā bhūmiḥ śatamāyatā

samā pāṇitalaprakhyā kaṭhinā pāṇḍurā ghanā/
vṛkṣagulmalatāgulmaistṛṇaiśvāpi vivarjitā

varjitā vividhaiḥ satvairnnityamasmin nirāśrayā/
sā kānanasthalī nāma dāruṇā romaharṣaṇā

mahāsarāṃsi ca tathā mahāvṛkṣāstathaiva ca/
mahāvanāni sarvāṇi kāntanāmāni sarvaśaḥ

sarasāñca vanānāñca sā sthalī ca prajāpateḥ/
kṣudrāṇāṃ sarasāñcaiva saṅkhyā tatra na vidyate

daśa dvādaśa saptāṣṭau viṃśatrriṃśacca yojanāḥ/
sthalyo droṇyaśca vikhyātāḥ sarāṃsi ca vanāni ca

kecit santi mahāghorāḥ śyāmāḥ parvatakukṣayaḥ/
sūryāṃśujālairaspṛṣṭā nityaṃ śītā durāsadāḥ

tathā hyanalataptāni sarāṃsi dvijasattamāḥ/
śailakukṣyantarasthāni sahasrāṇi śatāni ca

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte bhuvanavinyāso nāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ