With roots from both water and land, fruits, and especially flowers, and with many varieties of nīvāra grains suitable for ascetics, the forest was abundant, O king. There was no grain, crop, vegetable, fruit, root, tuber, or flower that could not be found there. Whatever divine produce arose in the realm of the nāgas, whatever grew in the world of men, whatever came from marshes or forests—nothing was absent in that place. All things bore flowers and fruits, unfading, according to the seasons; the lord of Madra beheld all this, his vision granted by the power of his austerity. He also saw birds of many forms: peacocks, lotuses, kalaviṅkas, and cuckoos. There were kādambaka birds, swans, koyaṣṭī birds, khañjarīṭa birds, kurara birds, kālakūṭa birds, khaṭvāṅga birds, and hunters as well. He saw gokṣveḍaka birds, kumbha birds, dhārtarāṣṭra birds, śuka parrots, baka cranes, ghātuka birds, chakravāka ducks, kaṭuka birds, ṭiṭṭibha birds, and bhaṭa birds. Putrapriya birds, lohapṛṣṭha birds, gocarma birds, girivartaka birds, pigeons, kamala birds, sārikā birds, and jīvajīvika birds appeared before him. He saw lāvaka birds, vartaka birds, vārtāka birds, raktavartma birds, prabhadraka birds, copper-crested birds, golden-crested birds, domestic fowl, and wooden fowl. There were kapiñjala birds, kalaviṅka birds, kuṅkuma-crested birds, bhṛṅgarāja birds, sīrapāda birds, bhūliṅga birds, and new ḍiṇḍima birds. Mañjulītaka birds, dātyūha birds, bhāradvāja birds, caṣa birds, and many other delightful flocks filled the air. He saw carnivorous animals of various forms, deer and great deer, tigers, lions with manes, lions, leopards, śarabha beasts, and wolves. Many bears, hyenas, monkeys with tails, monkeys, hares, kādamba birds, cats, and those swift as the wind were there. Mice, mongooses, jackals, lions delighting in trees, intoxicated elephants, buffaloes, wild oxen, bulls, camels, deer, gaur, and donkeys roamed the land. Rams, sheep, deer, dogs, blue-colored animals, great serpents, fierce animal-mothers, boars with tusks, sarabhas, cranes, birds resembling kashambaras, fierce ones, those with garlands, and those with black tails as gateways—all these were present. There were tusked animals, rhinoceroses, boars, horses, mules, and donkeys, O King of Madra, yet none were hostile to one another, though by nature they are usually opposed. Seeing these creatures, usually hostile, living together peacefully in the forest, the king was filled with great wonder; for that sacred hermitage was once the abode of Atri. By his grace, it shone with both immobile and mobile beings; none harmed one another, though their natures were mutually harmful. There, all carnivorous creatures subsisted on milk and fruits; they had been created thus by the exceedingly great-souled Atri. In the mountain slopes and valleys, the king himself dwelled; the rocks exuded divine milk, sweet as nectar and free from thorns. Sometimes, O King, buffaloes were seen, sometimes goats everywhere; the rocks were filled with milk, and curds appeared elsewhere or outside. Beholding all this, the lord of the earth attained supreme delight; there were divine lakes and rivers with pure water. Channels flowed, some warm, some cool, in various places, and the mountain's caves were delightful at every step. There was no snowfall within five yojanas all around; the slopes of that beautiful mountain peak were free from snow. Yet, O King, there was a white peak of the lord of mountains, where clouds always brought snowfall together. Another summit was there where rain-clouds always poured down, showering the excellent peak with stones. That hermitage was enchanting, with wish-fulfilling streams flowing, and the trees' fruits always ripe, fit for the foremost gods. Constantly attended by bees, divine women, and always sung about, it destroyed all sins, striking like the mountain itself. Monkeys played from place to place, O lord of men; heaps of snow shone like the disc of the moon. The hermitage was surrounded on all sides by snow-filled caves and mountain enclosures, always inaccessible to men. The great king Pururavas, whose devotion had long been established, reached that hermitage by the grace of the god of gods. Then the hermitage, soothing to fatigue and enchanting, adorned with hundreds of delightful flowers, beautifully arranged by Atri himself, auspicious and bringing good fortune, appeared before the king of Madra. There, two great peaks, vast in color and covered in snow, rose up, and between them a third peak, rising exceedingly high. Formed from eternally heated stone, always free from clouds, beneath it, among the trees, in the western direction, a beautiful cave surrounded by jasmine creepers was seen. Filled with curiosity, the king entered it. Dense with darkness, narrow as a nalva, he passed beyond its length, and it shone with the brilliance of its own ornaments. That place was exceedingly lofty, deep, and winding, where neither the sun shines nor the moon glows. Yet, it always appeared as day, illuminated both day and night, measuring more than a krosha, and splendid with a lake. All around that lake, platforms attached to the mountain were adorned with golden, silver, and coral trees.