Having reached that supreme realm, there is no sorrow—there, Viṣṇu Himself resides, and Śaṅkara too is present. The glory of that place is beyond description, for it is wreathed in garlands of blazing flames, dazzling and ineffable. There, the illustrious Hari, master of illusion and composed of māyā, rests in transcendence. It is to this sacred abode that great souls, having surrendered themselves to Janārdana, ultimately journey. Amidst a circle of fire, the venerable Lord Bhava abides, surrounded by countless yogis, beings, and Rudras. These companions are devoted to the divine, peaceful and ascetic, ever speaking of Brahman. Blessed with the essence of Brahman, they behold Rudraloka as it is known in truth. Beneath this realm lie the netherworlds: Mahātala and others, O twice-born sages. These regions are adorned with splendid palaces and the abodes of various gods, ruled by a mighty king dwelling in Pātāla-svarga. Vitala and Tala are both described as radiant and white; Rasātala is famed and frequented by many, while Talātala is renowned for its manifold splendors. Sutala is filled with the gods of old and other beings as well. Great serpents such as Mahāntaka, the demon Prahmāda, the powerful Jambha, the heroic Hayagrīva, and other fierce serpents inhabit these splendid netherworlds. The wicked are tormented there, their numbers too vast to recount. Within these realms, Kālāgni, Rudra—the soul of yoga—Nārasiṃha, and Mādhava all dwell, resting upon the one who has assumed the form of Kālāgni. At the end of time, he blazes with venomous flames and dissolves the worlds by his own power. This dark, Śāṃbhavī form is Time itself, the destroyer of worlds. Now, let me declare further the arrangement of this earthly world. There are seven great islands: Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣkara being the seventh. From island to island, each is said to be great, and each surrounding ocean is greater than the last. These oceans are named: Dadhyoda, the ocean of milk, and the ocean of sweet water, each joined to the seven islands, their distances measured in yojanas. At the center of these stands the famed Mount Meru, gleaming like gold. It extends sixteen units below the surface and rises thirty-two units at its summit. This mountain, with the earth-lotus as its base, stands as the pericarp of the world-lotus. To the north are the boundary mountains: Nīla, Śveta, and Śṛṅgī, each towering two thousand units in height and breadth. To the south of Meru lies Harivarṣa; just as these are the Bharatas, so too are the northern Kurus. In the very center is Ilāvṛta, and at its heart rises Mount Meru. The buttresses built upon Meru ascend to ten thousand yojanas in height. On the western side is the vast Vipula, and on the northern, the mountain known as Supārśva. O great sages, the land called Jambūdvīpa is so named for a reason: the fruits of the Jambu tree fall upon the back of the earth-supporting mountain, decaying and spreading everywhere, thus giving the island its name.