Shiva Purana

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विहंगसंघसंघुष्टे मणिविद्रुमभूषिते ॥ निकुंजकंदरदरीगृहानिर्झरशोभिते ॥ ६ ॥

It is adorned with jewels and corals and is crowded with flocks of birds. It is adorned with gardens caves caves houses and waterfalls.

english translation

vihaMgasaMghasaMghuSTe maNividrumabhUSite ॥ nikuMjakaMdaradarIgRhAnirjharazobhite ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तत्र ब्रह्मवनं नाम नानामृगसमाकुलम् ॥ दशयोजनविस्तीर्णं शतयोजनमायतम् ॥ ७ ॥

There is a forest called Brahmavana, which is full of various animals. It was ten yojanas wide and one hundred yojanas long.

english translation

tatra brahmavanaM nAma nAnAmRgasamAkulam ॥ dazayojanavistIrNaM zatayojanamAyatam ॥ 7 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सुरसामलपानीयपूर्णरम्यसरोवरम् ॥ मत्तभ्रमरसंछन्नरम्यपुष्पितपादपम् ॥ ८ ॥

It is a beautiful lake full of wine and pure drinking water. The beautiful flowering trees are covered with drunken bees.

english translation

surasAmalapAnIyapUrNaramyasarovaram ॥ mattabhramarasaMchannaramyapuSpitapAdapam ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तरुणादित्यसंकाशं तत्र चारु महत्पुरम् ॥ दुर्धर्षबलदृप्तानां दैत्यदानवरक्षसाम् ॥ ९ ॥

This was a great city as beautiful and brilliant as the midday sun. It could not be attacked by the haughty Daityas, Dānavas and Rākṣasas.

english translation

taruNAdityasaMkAzaM tatra cAru mahatpuram ॥ durdharSabaladRptAnAM daityadAnavarakSasAm ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तप्तजांबूनदमयं प्रांशुप्राकारतोरणम् ॥ निर्व्यूहवलभीकूटप्रतोलीशतमंडितम् ॥ १ ॥

It had lofty ramparts and portals made of molten gold. It was embellished by hundreds of main streets, turrets and wooden ceilings.

english translation

taptajAMbUnadamayaM prAMzuprAkAratoraNam ॥ nirvyUhavalabhIkUTapratolIzatamaMDitam ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript