Ilāvṛta-varṣe, yatra sūryaḥ na prakāśate, na ca janāḥ jarāṃ yānti, na tatra candraḥ, na sūryaḥ, na tārāḥ, na dīptiḥ asti. Tatra vasantaḥ janāḥ padmarāgā iva dīptimantaḥ, mukhāni ca padmasadṛśāni, netrāṇi padmapatrāṇi iva, gandhena ca padmapatrāṇām iva sugandhāḥ santi. Te tatra jāyante, sattāyāṃ niṣṭhitāḥ. Te jambūphalāṃ rasena jīvanti, acalāḥ sugandhāśca; ye devālokaṃ tyaktvā tatra jāyante, te jarā-maraṇa-rahitāḥ santi. Te śreṣṭhāḥ puruṣāḥ Ilāvṛtasyām divyāyāṃ bhūmau trayodaśa-sahasra-varṣāṇi jīvanti. Jambūphalarasasya pānena na teṣāṃ jarā, na kṣudhā, na klamaḥ, na ca mṛtyuḥ sambhavati. Tatra jambūphalasya nikaṭe Jāmbūnada-nāma kanakaṃ jāyate, yad devānāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ, indragopa-piśaṅgaṃ, dīptimat rūpeṇa. Evaṃ navasu varṣeṣu vasatāṃ varṇāḥ, āyūṃṣi, āhārāḥ, anyāni ca lakṣaṇāni saṃkṣepataḥ mayā nirdiṣṭāni, na tu vistareṇa. Hemakūṭe Gandharvāḥ sarve ca Apsarogaṇāḥ sthitāḥ, Niṣadhe sarve Nāgāḥ—Śeṣaḥ, Vāsukiḥ, Takṣakaśca—vasanti. Trayatriṃśat balinaḥ yajñeśvarāḥ tatra ramante; nīlapiṣṭapāri parvate siddhāḥ pavitrāśca Brahmarṣayaḥ saṃsthitāḥ. Śveta-parvataḥ Daityānāṃ Dānavānāṃ ca nivasabhūmiḥ smṛtaḥ; Śṛṅgavat-parvataḥ pitṝṇāṃ nityaṃ nivasasthānam ucyate. Himavat parvataḥ Yakṣa-pramukhāṇāṃ, bhūtānām, īśvarasya ca kṣetraṃ; sarveṣu parvateṣu Mahādevaḥ Hariṇā, Brahmaṇā, Ambikayā ca saha nityaṃ tiṣṭhati. Nandīnā saha, gaṇaiḥ ca, diśaḥ vaneṣu ca, nīle śvete triśṛṅgeṣu ca parvateṣu, bhagavān nīla-lohitaḥ tiṣṭhati. Saḥ siddhaiḥ, devaiḥ, pitṛbhiḥ ca sadā dṛśyate, viśeṣeṇa nīle, śvete, tapane, suvarṇe ca parvateṣu. Mayūra-ketuḥ, suvarṇaḥ, triśṛṅgaḥ ca Śṛṅgavat—ete parvata-rājāḥ Jambūdvīpe pratiṣṭhitāḥ santi. Plakṣādīṣu dvīpeṣu saptaparvatāḥ pratyekaṃ santi, sarvato vistarāḥ, pradeśa-parvatāḥ iti khyātāḥ. Plakṣadvīpe saptān divyān mahāparvatān vakṣyāmi—Gomedakaḥ prathamaḥ, Candraparvataḥ dvitīyaḥ. Tṛtīyaḥ Nāradaḥ, caturthaḥ Dundubhiḥ, pañcamaḥ Somakaḥ, ṣaṣṭhaḥ Sumanāḥ, saptamaḥ Vaibhavaḥ, Vaibhrajaḥ ca smṛtaḥ; ete saptaparvatāḥ Plakṣadvīpe viśeṣeṇa uktāḥ. Śālmali-dvīpe api saptaparvatāḥ santi—Kumudaḥ, Uttamaḥ, Balāhakaḥ, Droṇaḥ, Kaṅkaḥ, Mahīṣaḥ, Kakudmān saptamaḥ. Kuśadvīpe api saptaparvatāḥ santi—Vidrumaḥ prathamaḥ, Hemaparvataḥ dvitīyaḥ, tṛtīyaḥ Dyutimān, caturthaḥ Puṣpitaḥ, pañcamaḥ Kuśeśayaḥ, ṣaṣṭhaḥ Harigiriḥ, saptamaḥ Mandaraḥ, yaḥ mahādevasya nivasabhūmiḥ. Tatrasmin Mandare Mandā-nāmikā nadī pravahati, Mandaraḥ iti tena ucyate, yasmāt salilāni dhārayati. Tatra vṛṣadhvajaḥ prabhuḥ, pavitraḥ Śivaḥ, sarveśvaraḥ, Somaḥ, Nandīnā saha, divye suvarṇaprāsāde nivasati. Pūrvam Maheśvaraḥ Mandareṇa tapaḥ toṣitaḥ, Avimukte mahāyāge varaṃ prāptaḥ. Tataḥ prārthitaḥ, vāse kāraṇāt, Ambayā saha Avimuktāt Mandaraṃ samāgatya nivasati. Nandī-gaṇaiḥ saha, Somaḥ tatra tiṣṭhati, na kadāpi tatra tyajati. Krauñcadvīpe saptaparvatāḥ santi—Krauñcaḥ prathamaḥ, Vāmanakaḥ dvitīyaḥ, tṛtīyaḥ Andhakārakaḥ, tataḥ Divāvṛt parvataḥ, tataḥ Vivindaḥ, tataḥ Puṇḍarīkaḥ, tataḥ Dundubhisvanaḥ. Ete ratnamayāḥ saptaparvatāḥ Krauñcadvīpasya santi. Śākadvīpe api saptaparvatāḥ santi—Udayaḥ, Raivataḥ, Śyāmakaḥ, Rājataḥ śubhro Ambikāyāḥ parvataḥ, tataḥ Ambikeyāt paraṃ sarva-oṣadhī-mayaḥ ramaṇīyaḥ parvataḥ, tathā Kesarī nāma parvataḥ, yasmāt vāyuḥ utpadyate. Puṣkaradvīpe ekaḥ mahān parvataḥ asti—śilāmayaḥ, divyaḥ, vividha-maṇi-śṛṅgaḥ, ucchrayaḥ. Saḥ parvataḥ pūrvārdhe dvīpasya tiṣṭhati, adbhuta-śikharaḥ, pañcāśat-sahasra-yojanaṃ ūrdhvaṃ vardhate, catuṣṣaṣṭi-sahasra-yojanaṃ adhaḥ praviśati. Dvīpasya ardhameva paritaḥ Mānasottaraḥ parvataḥ, tīrānusārī, candra-kalā iva dīptiṃ vahan tiṣṭhati. Saḥ api pañcāśat-sahasra-yojanaṃ ūrdhvaṃ vardhate, samāna-pramāṇaḥ, pīnaḥ, paritaḥ ca vartate. Paścimārdhe dvīpasya Mānasaḥ, bhūdharaḥ parvataḥ, ekaḥ mahān śikharaḥ, svabhāvena dvau bhāgau vibhaktaḥ, tiṣṭhati. Tasmin dvīpe dve śubhe pavitre ca deśe smṛte—Rājataṃ Mānasyaṃ ca—parvataṃ paritaḥ. Mahāvītaṃ nāma deśaḥ Mānasa-bahiḥ, antarbhuvi tu Dhātakīkhaṇḍaḥ iti smṛtaḥ. Evaṃ, eṣā vistṛtā parvata-varṇanā, yathā śāstram, pavitram, divyaṃ ca, śrūyatām।