In that wondrous realm, where the Supreme Person resides, celestial women of slender waists and radiant faces move gracefully. They are adorned with every ornament, their beauty enhanced by all auspicious marks, and their voices are sweet as honey. These divine women, skilled in singing and the playing of instruments, fill the air with music and dance each day, accompanied by the Gandharvas, bringing joy to all who behold them. Within this realm, suffering is unknown. There is no disease, no fatigue, and no death. Neither the chill of cold nor the scorch of heat is felt; hunger and thirst are absent, as are old age, deformity, and any form of pain. It is a place of supreme bliss, fulfilling every desire. O twice-born, truly, no world surpasses Viṣṇu’s abode in greatness. Even the highest heavens, promised to the virtuous, do not compare to even a sixteenth part of Viṣṇu’s world. This abode before Hari is endowed with every delight and virtue, bestowing perfect happiness, sanctity, and wonder, O Brāhmaṇas. But not all may enter. Those who are atheists, given to sensuality, ungrateful, slanderous, thieving, or undisciplined are barred from this world. Only those who, with unwavering devotion, worship Vāsudeva—the Teacher of the world—attain Viṣṇu’s realm without doubt. On the southern shore of the ocean lies a supremely rare and sacred field. There, the fortunate behold Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, and Subhadrā, O best of Brāhmaṇas. Those who relinquish their bodies near the wish-fulfilling tree in Purushottama, or who die remembering Purushottama between the banyan and the ocean, surely reach that supreme abode. There is no doubt; they attain the eternal world of Viṣṇu, which bestows all joy and grants both enjoyment and liberation. Hearing this, the listeners marveled and addressed the Lord: “O Lord of the world, you have described Viṣṇu’s realm as full of wonders, eternally blissful, glorious, and granting both enjoyment and liberation. The field called Purushottama, so rare in this world, you have praised greatly; whoever abandons their body there attains the same realm as Hari. You have thoroughly extolled the greatness of this field, where by giving up the body, one reaches Viṣṇu’s world. Surely, this is the path to liberation, as you have described it for the benefit of people in Purushottama; there is no doubt. “O Lord of the gods, without effort, the best of men who abandon their bodies in that field attain Viṣṇu’s supreme, disease-free abode. Having heard of this field’s greatness, we are not greatly astonished, for Prayāga, Puṣkara, and other sacred places and sanctuaries are renowned too. Yet, O best of gods, you do not praise all the holy places, rivers, and lakes on earth as highly as you do this field called Purusha. Now we understand your intention, O Pitamaha. “Because you praise the liberating field named Purushottama, surely there is no field on earth equal to Purushakhya. Thus, O foremost of the wise, you praise it again and again. Truly, truly, O best of sages, what you have declared is correct: there is no field on earth equal to Purushakhya. Whatever holy places and sacred abodes exist, none equals even a sixteenth part of Śrī Purushakhya. “Just as Viṣṇu is supreme among all worlds, so Purushottama is the foremost among all holy places. As Viṣṇu is the best among the Adityas, so Purushottama stands above all sacred fields. As Soma among stars, the ocean among waters, Pavaka among the Vasus, and Shankara among the Rudras, so Purushottama is the greatest among sacred places. “As the Brahmana among castes, Garuda among birds, Meru among peaks, Himalaya among mountains, Lakṣmī among women, and Jahnavi among rivers, so Purushottama is the foremost among holy places. As Airavata among elephants, Bhrigu among great sages, Skanda among commanders, Kapila among Siddhas, Ucchaiśravas among horses, Ushanas among poets, Vyāsa among sages, and Kubera among Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, so Purushottama is the foremost among all sacred fields. “As the mind among the senses, the earth among beings, the Ashvattha among trees, the wind among all that moves, so Purushottama is the most excellent among all holy places. As the crest-jewel among ornaments, Citraratha among Gandharvas, the thunderbolt among weapons, the letter ‘A’ among all letters, and the Gāyatrī among Vedic meters, so Purushottama is the most distinguished among all sacred fords. As the head is highest among limbs, so is Purushottama the most excellent among all sacred fields.” Thus, the supreme sanctity and unique greatness of Purushottama were proclaimed, shining above all other holy places, just as Viṣṇu is supreme among all beings.