Vayu Purana · Verses 41-2

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viviktacāruśikharaṃ patritaṃ śaṅkhavarcasam/
kailāsaṃ devabhaktānāmālayaṃ sukṛtātmanām

tasya kūṭataṭe ramye madhyame kundasannibhe/
yojanānāṃ śatāyāme pañcāśacca tathāyatam

suvarṇamaṇicitrābhi anekābhiralaṃkṛtam/
mahābhavanamālābhirbhūṣitaṃ naikavistaram

dhanādhyakṣasya devasya kuberasya mahātmanaḥ/
nagarantadanādhṛṣyamṛddhiyuktaṃ mudāyutam

tasya madhye sabhā ramyā nānākanakamaṇḍitā/
vipulā nāma vikhyātā vipulastambhatoraṇā

tatra tatpuṣpakaṃ nāma nānāratnavibhūṣitam/
mahāvimānaṃ ruciraṃ sarvakāmaguṇairyutam

manojavaṃ kāmagamaṃ hemajālavibhūṣitam/
vāhanaṃ yakṣarājasya kuberasya mahātmanaḥ

tatraikapiṅgalo devo mahādevasakhaḥ svayam/
vasati sma sa yakṣendraḥ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtaḥ

tatrāpsarogaṇairyyakṣairgandharvaiḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ/
vasati sma mahātmā'sau kubero devasattamaḥ

tatra padmamahāpadmau tathā makarakacchapau/
kumudaḥ śaṅkha nīlau ca nandano nidhisattamaḥ

aṣṭāvete'kṣayā divyā dhaneśasya mahātmanaḥ/
mahānidhānāstiṣṭhanti sabhāyāṃ ratnasañcitāḥ

tathendrāgniyamādīnāṃ devānāmapsarogaṇaiḥ/
teṣāṃ kailāsa āvāso yatra yakṣeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ

kṛtvā pūrvamupasthānaṃ yakṣendrasya mahātmanaḥ/
paścādgacchanti ye yasya vihitāḥ paricārakāḥ

tatra mandākinī nāma suramyā vipulodakā/
suvarṇamaṇisopānā nānāpuṣpotkaṭotkaṭā

jāmbūnadamayaiḥ padmairgandhasparśaguṇānvitaiḥ/
nīlavaidūryyapatraiśca gandhopaitairmahotpalaiḥ

tathā kumudakhaṇḍaiśca mahāpadmairalaṅkṛtā /
yakṣagandharvanārībhirapsarobhiśca śobhitā

devadānavagandharvairyakṣarākṣasapannagaiḥ/
upaspṛṣṭajalā ramyā vāpī mandākinī tathā

tathā alakanandā ca nandā ca saritāṃ varā /
etaireva guṇairyuktā nadyo devarṣisevitāḥ

tasyaiva śailarājasya pūrve kūṭe pariśrutāḥ/
sahasrayojanāyāmāstriṃśadyojana vistarāḥ

daśa gandharvanagarāḥ samṛddhyā parayā yutāḥ/
mahābhavanamālābhiranekābhirvibhūṣitāḥ

subāhuharikeśādyā ścitrasenajarādayaḥ/
daśa gandharvarājāno dīptavahniparākramāḥ

tasyaiva paścime kūṭe kundendusadṛśaprabhe/
nānādhātuśataiścitraiḥ siddha devarṣisevite

aśītiyojanāyāmaṃ catvāriṃśatpravistaram/
ekaikayakṣabhavanaṃ mahābhavanamālinam

mahāyakṣālayānyatra triṃśadāḍhyāni me śrṛṇu/
mudā'tha paramaddharyā ca saṃyuktāni samantataḥ

mahāmālisunetrādyāstathā maṇivarādayaḥ/
udīrṇā yakṣarājānastatra triṃśatsadā babhuḥ

ityete kathitā yakṣā vāyvagnisamatejasaḥ/
yeṣāmadhipatirdevaḥ śrīmān vaiśravaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

tasyaiva dakṣiṇe pārśve himavatyacalottame/
nikuñjanirjharaguhānaikasānudarītaṭe

arṇavādarṇavaṃ yāvat pūrvapaścāyate'cale/
kinnarāṇāṃ puraśataṃ niviṣṭaṃ vai vkacit vkacit

naikaśrṛṅgakalāpasya śailarājasya kukṣiṣu/
naranārīpramuditaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulam

drumasugrīvasainyādyā bhagadattapuraḥsarāḥ /
yatra rājaśataṃ teṣāṃ dīptānāṃ balaśālinām

vivāho yatra rudrasya mahādevyomayā saha/
tapastaptavatī caiva yatra devī varāṅganā

kirātarūpiṇā caiva yatra rudreṇa krīḍitam/
yatra caiva kṛtaṃ tābhyāṃ jambūdvīpāvalokanam

yatra tāḥ sammudā yuktā nānābhūtagaṇairyutāḥ/
citrapuṣpaphalopetā rudrasyākrīḍabhūmayaḥ

hṛṣṭā giridarīvāsāḥ kṛśodaryyo manoramāḥ/
kundaryo yatra kinnaryyo ramante sma sulocanāḥ

viśālākṣāstathā yakṣā anyāścāpsarasāṅgaṇāḥ/
gandharvāścāṅgaśālinyo yatra tatra mudā yutāḥ

tatraivomāvanaṃ nāma sarvalokeṣu viśrutam/
ardhanārīnaraṃ rupaṃ dhṛtavān yatra śaṃkaraḥ

tathā śaravaṇaṃ nāma yatra jātaḥ ṣaḍānanaḥ /
yatra caiva kṛtotsāhaḥ krauñcaśailavanaṃ prati

dhvajāpatākinañcaiva kiṅkiṇījālamālinam/
yatra siṃharathaṃ yuktaṃ kārtikeyasya dhīmataḥ

citrapuṣpanikuñjasya krauñcasya ca girestaṭe/
devāriskandanaḥ skando yatra śaktiṃ vimuktavān

yatrābhiṣiktaśca guhaḥ sendropendraiḥ surottamaiḥ/
senāpatye ca daityārirdvādaśārkapratāpavān

bhūtasaṅghāvakīrṇāni etānyanyāni ca dvijāḥ/
tatra tatra kumārasya sthānānyāyatanāni ca

tathā pāṇḍuśilā nāma hyākrīḍā krauñcaghātinaḥ/
nānābhūtagaṇākīrṇe pṛṣṭhe himavataḥ śubhe

tasya pūrve taṭe ramye siddhāvāsamudāhṛtam/
kalāpagrāmamityevaṃ nāmnā khyātaṃ manīṣibhiḥ

mṛkaṇḍasya vasiṣṭhasya bharatasya nalasya ca/
viśvāmitrasya viprarṣestathaivoddālakasya ca

anyeṣāñcogratapasāmṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām/
himavatyāśramāṇāñca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca

naikasidhdagaṇāvāsaṃ sthānāyatanamaṇḍitam/
yakṣagandharvacaritaṃ nānāmlecchagaṇairyutam

nānāratnākarāpūrṇaṃ nānāsattvaniṣevitam/
nānānadīsahasrāṇāṃ sambhavaṃ varaparvatam

paścimasyācalendrasya niṣadhasya yathārthavat/
kīrttyamānamaśeṣeṇa viśeṣaṃ śrṛṇuta dvijāḥ

vistīrṇe madhyame kūṭe hemadhā tuvibūṣite/
dīptamāyatanaṃ viṣṇoḥ siddharṣigaṇasevitam/
yakṣāpsaraḥsamākīrṇaṃ gandharvagaṇasevitam

tatra sākṣānmahādevaḥ pītāmbaradharo hariḥ/
varadaḥ sevyate sirddhairlokakarttā sanātanaḥ

tasyaivābyantare kūṭe nānādhātuvibhūṣite/
taṭe niṣadhakūṭasya ślakṣṇacāruśilātale

rukmakāñcananiryūhaṃ taptakāñcanatoraṇam/
anekavalabhīkūṭapralolīśatasaṅkaṭam

harmyaprāsādamatulaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣitam/
harmyaprāsādabaddhañca muditañcātivistaram

udyānamālākalitaṃ triṃśadyojanamāyatam/
duḥprasahyamamitraistat pūrṇamāśīviṣopamaiḥ/
ulaṅghīnāṃ pramuditaṃ rakṣasāṃ rākṣasaṃ puram

tasyaiva dakṣiṇe pārśve naikadaityagaṇālaye/
guhāpraveśaṃ nagaraṃ śailakukṣau durāsadam

tathaiva paścime kūṭe pārijātaśiloccaye/
devadānavabhāgānāṃ samṛddhāni purāṇi tu

tatra somaśilā nāma girestasya mahātaṭe/
somo yatrāvatarati sadā parvasu parvasu

upāsate'tra śrīmantaṃ tārā patimaninditam/
ṛṣikinnaragandharvāḥ sākṣāddevaṃ tamonudam

tatraiva cottare kūṭe brahmapārśvamiti smṛtam/
sthānaṃ tatra sureśasya brahmaṇaḥ prathitaṃ divi

ijyāpūjānamaskāraistatra siddhāḥ svayambhuvam/
upāsate mahātmānaṃ yakṣagandharvadānavāḥ

tathaivāyatanaṃ vahneḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam/
tatra vigrahavān vāhniḥ sevyate siddhacāraṇaiḥ

tathaiva cottare ramye triśrṛṅge varaparvate/
ṛṣisiddhānucarite nānābhūtagaṇālaye/
puraṃ tat triṣu lokeṣu hemacitrantu viśrutam

trayāṇāṃ devamukhyānāṃ trīṇyevāyatanāni ca/
nārāyaṇasyāyatanaṃ pūrvakūṭe dvijottamāḥ /
madhyame brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ śaṅkarasya tu paścime

daityadānavagandharvairyakṣarākṣasapannagaiḥ/
ijānā abhipūjyante devadevā mahābalāḥ

tathā purāṇi ramyāṇi deśe caiva vkacit vkacit/
yakṣagandharvanāgānāṃ triśrṛṅge varaparvate

tathaiva cottare deśe cārudhau devaparvate/
anekaśrṛṅgakalite siddhasādhu niṣevite

yakṣāṇāṃ kinnarāṇāñca gandharvāṇāṃ sahasraśaḥ/
nāgānāṃ rākṣasānāñca daityānāñca mahābale

kūṭe tu madhyame tasya siddhasaṅgha niṣevite/
ramye devarṣicarite ratnadhātuvibhūṣite

pajhotpalavanaiḥ phullaiḥ saugandhikavanaistathā/
tathā kumudakhaṇḍaiśca vikacairupaśobhite

vihaṅgasaṅghasaṃghuṣṭaṃ nānāsatvaniṣevitam/
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ mattaṣaṭ‌padasevitam

nānāsatvagaṇākīrṇaṃ vihaṅgairupaśobhitam/
cārutīrthasusambādhaṃ triṃśadyojanamaṇḍalam

siddhairupaspṛṣṭajalaṃ jaladoṣavivarjitam/
tatrānandajalannāma mahāpuṇyajalaṃ saraḥ

tatra nāgapati ścaṇḍa ścaṇḍo nāma durāsadaḥ/
śataśīrṣā mahābhāgo viṣṇucakrāṅkacihnitaḥ/
ityevamaṣṭau vijñeyā vicitrā devaparvatāḥ

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purairāyatanaiḥ puṇyaiḥ puṇyodaiśca sarovaraiḥ/
suvarṇaparvatairnaikaistathā rajataparvataiḥ

nānāratnaprabhāsaiśca naikaiśca maṇiparvataiḥ/
haritālaparvatairnaikaistathā hiṅgulakāñcanaiḥ

śuddhairmanaḥ śilājālairbhāsvarairaruṇaprabhaiḥ /
nānādhātuvicitraiśca naikaiśca maṇiparvataiḥ

pūrṇā vasumatī sarvā giribhirnaikavistaraiḥ/
nadīkandaraśailādyairanekaiścitrasānubhiḥ

ityevamacalairyuktairdaityarākṣasasādhubhiḥ/
kinnaroragagandharvairvicitraiḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ

gandharvairapsarobhiśca sevitā naika vistarāḥ/
puṇyakṛdbhiḥ samākīrṇā kesarākṛtayo nagāḥ

girijālantu tanmeroḥ siddhalokamiti smṛtam/
citraṃ nānāśrayopetaṃ pracāraṃ sukṛtātmanām

nātyugrakarmasiddhānāṃ pratimā madhyamāḥ smṛtāḥ/
sa hi svarga iti khyātaḥ kramastveṣa prakīrtitaḥ

caturmahādvīpavatī seyamurvī prakīrtitā //
nānāvarṇapramāṇairhi nānāvarṇabalaistathā

nānābhakṣyānnapānaiśca nānācchādanabhūṣaṇaiḥ/
prajāvikārairvividhaiścitrairadhyuṣitaiḥ saha

catvāro naikavarṇādyā mahādvīpāḥ pariśrutāḥ/
bhadrāśca bharatāścaiva ketumālāśca paścimāḥ/
uttarāḥ kuravaścaiva kṛtapuṇyapratiśrayāḥ

saiṣā caturmahādvīpā nānādvīpasamākulā/
pṛthivī kīrtitā kṛtsnā padmākārā mayā dvijāḥ

tadeṣā sāntaradvīpā saśailavanakānanā/
padmetyabhihitā kṛtsnā pṛthivī bahuvistarā

sabrahmasadanaṃ lokaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam/
trilokamiti vikhyātaṃ yatsattvairvyavahāryate

candrādityāvataptaṃ yattajjagat parigīyate/
gandhavarṇarasopetaṃ śabdasparśaguṇānvitam

taṃ lokapadmaṃ śrutibhiḥ padmamityabhidhīyate/
eṣa sarvapurāṇeṣu kramaḥ supariniścitaḥ

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte bhuvanavinyāso nāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ