Shiva Purana
मूले षोडशसाहस्रः कर्णिकाकार संस्थितः ॥ हिमवान् हेमकूटश्च निषधश्चास्य दक्षिणे ॥ ६॥
Sixteen thousand ears are situated at the root. Himavan and Hemakuta and Nishad are on the south of it.
english translation
mUle SoDazasAhasraH karNikAkAra saMsthitaH ॥ himavAn hemakUTazca niSadhazcAsya dakSiNe ॥ 6॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript