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शंखचूडोऽथ ऋषभो हंसो नाम महीधरः॥ कालंजराद्याश्च तथा उत्तरे केसराचलाः॥ २६॥
The filament-mountains on the north are Śaṅkhacūḍa, Ṛṣabha, the mountain named Haṃsa, Kālañjara and others.
english translation
मेरोरुपरि मध्ये हि शातकौंभं विधेः पुरम्॥ चतुर्द्दशसहस्राणि योजनानि च संख्यया ॥ २७॥
Śātakaumbha, the golden city of Brahmā, is on the top of Meru and in the middle. It extends to fourteen thousand Yojanas.
english translation
अष्टानां लोकपालानां परितस्तदनुक्रमात्॥ यथादिशं यथारूपं पुरोऽष्टावुपकल्पिताः ॥ २८ ॥
All round that city are the eight cities of the eight guardians of the quarters, which have been assigned to them according to their quarters and forms.
english translation
तस्यां च ब्रह्मणः पुर्य्यां पातयित्वेन्दुमण्डलम् ॥ विष्णुपादविनिष्क्रांता गंगा पतति वै नदी ॥ २९ ॥
Issuing from Viṣṇu’s feet, the river Gaṅgā falls in that city of Brahmā flowing through the sphere of the moon.
english translation
सीता चालकनंदा च चक्षुर्भद्रा च वै क्रमात् ॥ सा तत्र पतिता दिक्षु चतुर्द्धा प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ३० ॥
Falling in four directions the river Gaṅgā flows into four streams viz. Sītā, Alakanandā, Cakṣus, and Bhadrā.
english translation