Book 6 Chapter 7 | |
1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
1 | ukto dvīpasya saṃkṣepo vistaraṃ brūhi saṃjaya
yāvad bhūmyavakāśo 'yaṃ dṛśyate śaśalakṣaṇe tasya pramāṇaṃ prabrūhi tato vakṣyasi pippalam |
2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
2 | evam uktaḥ sa rājñā tu saṃjayo vākyam abravīt
prāgāyatā mahārāja ṣaḍ ete ratnaparvatāḥ avagāḍhā hy ubhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau |
3 | himavān hemakūṭaś ca niṣadhaś ca nagottamaḥ
nīlaś ca vaiḍūryamayaḥ śvetaś ca rajataprabhaḥ sarvadhātuvinaddhaś ca śṛṅgavān nāma parvataḥ |
4 | ete vai parvatā rājan siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ
teṣām antaraviṣkambho yojanāni sahasraśaḥ |
5 | tatra puṇyā janapadās tāni varṣāṇi bhārata
vasanti teṣu sattvāni nānājātīni sarvaśaḥ |
6 | idaṃ tu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tato haimavataṃ param
hemakūṭāt paraṃ caiva harivarṣaṃ pracakṣate |
7 | dakṣiṇena tu nīlasya niṣadhasyottareṇa ca
prāgāyato mahārāja mālyavān nāma parvataḥ |
8 | tataḥ paraṃ mālyavataḥ parvato gandhamādanaḥ
parimaṇḍalas tayor madhye meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ |
9 | ādityataruṇābhāso vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣoḍaśādhaḥ kila smṛtaḥ |
10 | uccaiś ca caturāśītir yojanānāṃ mahīpate
ūrdhvam antaś ca tiryak ca lokān āvṛtya tiṣṭhati |
11 | tasya pārśve tv ime dvīpāś catvāraḥ saṃsthitāḥ prabho
bhadrāśvaḥ ketumālaś ca jambūdvīpaś ca bhārata uttarāś caiva kuravaḥ kṛtapuṇyapratiśrayāḥ |
12 | vihagaḥ sumukho yatra suparṇasyātmajaḥ kila
sa vai vicintayām āsa sauvarṇān prekṣya vāyasān |
13 | merur uttamamadhyānām adhamānāṃ ca pakṣiṇām
aviśeṣakaro yasmāt tasmād enaṃ tyajāmy aham |
14 | tam ādityo 'nuparyeti satataṃ jyotiṣāṃ patiḥ
candramāś ca sanakṣatro vāyuś caiva pradakṣiṇam |
15 | sa parvato mahārāja divyapuṣpaphalānvitaḥ
bhavanair āvṛtaḥ sarvair jāmbūnadamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
16 | tatra devagaṇā rājan gandharvāsurarākṣasāḥ
apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ śaile krīḍanti nityaśaḥ |
17 | tatra brahmā ca rudraś ca śakraś cāpi sureśvaraḥ
sametya vividhair yajñair yajante 'nekadakṣiṇaiḥ |
18 | tumburur nāradaś caiva viśvāvasur hahā huhūḥ
abhigamyāmaraśreṣṭhāḥ stavai stunvanti cābhibho |
19 | saptarṣayo mahātmānaḥ kaśyapaś ca prajāpatiḥ
tatra gacchanti bhadraṃ te sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi |
20 | tasyaiva mūrdhany uśanāḥ kāvyo daityair mahīpate
tasya hīmāni ratnāni tasyeme ratnaparvatāḥ |
21 | tasmāt kubero bhagavāṃś caturthaṃ bhāgam aśnute
tataḥ kalāṃśaṃ vittasya manuṣyebhyaḥ prayacchati |
22 | pārśve tasyottare divyaṃ sarvartukusumaṃ śivam
karṇikāravanaṃ ramyaṃ śilājālasamudgatam |
23 | tatra sākṣāt paśupatir divyair bhūtaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ
umāsahāyo bhagavān ramate bhūtabhāvanaḥ |
24 | karṇikāramayīṃ mālāṃ bibhrat pādāvalambinīm
tribhir netraiḥ kṛtoddyotas tribhiḥ sūryair ivoditaiḥ |
25 | tam ugratapasaḥ siddhāḥ suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ
paśyanti na hi durvṛttaiḥ śakyo draṣṭuṃ maheśvaraḥ |
26 | tasya śailasya śikharāt kṣīradhārā nareśvara
triṃśad bāhuparigrāhyā bhīmanirghātanisvanā |
27 | puṇyā puṇyatamair juṣṭā gaṅgā bhāgīrathī śubhā
pataty ajasravegena hrade cāndramase śubhe tayā hy utpāditaḥ puṇyaḥ sa hradaḥ sāgaropamaḥ |
28 | tāṃ dhārayām āsa purā durdharāṃ parvatair api
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ śirasā vai maheśvaraḥ |
29 | meros tu paścime pārśve ketumālo mahīpate
jambūṣaṇḍaś ca tatraiva sumahān nandanopamaḥ |
30 | āyur daśa sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatra bhārata
suvarṇavarṇāś ca narāḥ striyaś cāpsarasopamāḥ |
31 | anāmayā vītaśokā nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ
jāyante mānavās tatra niṣṭaptakanakaprabhāḥ |
32 | gandhamādanaśṛṅgeṣu kuberaḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ
saṃvṛto 'psarasāṃ saṃghair modate guhyakādhipaḥ |
33 | gandhamādanapādeṣu pareṣv aparagaṇḍikāḥ
ekādaśa sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ paramāyuṣaḥ |
34 | tatra kṛṣṇā narā rājaṃs tejoyuktā mahābalāḥ
striyaś cotpalapatrābhāḥ sarvāḥ supriyadarśanāḥ |
35 | nīlāt parataraṃ śvetaṃ śvetād dhairaṇyakaṃ param
varṣam airāvataṃ nāma tataḥ śṛṅgavataḥ param |
36 | dhanuḥsaṃsthe mahārāja dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare
ilāvṛtaṃ madhyamaṃ tu pañca varṣāṇi caiva ha |
37 | uttarottaram etebhyo varṣam udricyate guṇaiḥ
āyuṣpramāṇam ārogyaṃ dharmataḥ kāmato 'rthataḥ |
38 | samanvitāni bhūtāni teṣu varṣeṣu bhārata
evam eṣā mahārāja parvataiḥ pṛthivī citā |
39 | hemakūṭas tu sumahān kailāso nāma parvataḥ
yatra vaiśravaṇo rājā guhyakaiḥ saha modate |
40 | asty uttareṇa kailāsaṃ mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati
hiraṇyaśṛṅgaḥ sumahān divyo maṇimayo giriḥ |
41 | tasya pārśve mahad divyaṃ śubhaṃ kāñcanavālukam
ramyaṃ bindusaro nāma yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathīṃ gaṅgām uvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ |
42 | yūpā maṇimayās tatra cityāś cāpi hiraṇmayāḥ
tatreṣṭvā tu gataḥ siddhiṃ sahasrākṣo mahāyaśāḥ |
43 | sṛṣṭvā bhūtapatir yatra sarvalokān sanātanaḥ
upāsyate tigmatejā vṛto bhūtaiḥ samāgataiḥ naranārāyaṇau brahmā manuḥ sthāṇuś ca pañcamaḥ |
44 | tatra tripathagā devī prathamaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitā
brahmalokād apakrāntā saptadhā pratipadyate |
45 | vasvokasārā nalinī pāvanā ca sarasvatī
jambūnadī ca sītā ca gaṅgā sindhuś ca saptamī |
46 | acintyā divyasaṃkalpā prabhor eṣaiva saṃvidhiḥ
upāsate yatra satraṃ sahasrayugaparyaye |
47 | dṛśyādṛśyā ca bhavati tatra tatra sarasvatī
etā divyāḥ sapta gaṅgās triṣu lokeṣu viśrutāḥ |
48 | rakṣāṃsi vai himavati hemakūṭe tu guhyakāḥ
sarpā nāgāś ca niṣadhe gokarṇe ca tapodhanāḥ |
49 | devāsurāṇāṃ ca gṛhaṃ śvetaḥ parvata ucyate
gandharvā niṣadhe śaile nīle brahmarṣayo nṛpa śṛṅgavāṃs tu mahārāja pitṝṇāṃ pratisaṃcaraḥ |
50 | ity etāni mahārāja sapta varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ
bhūtāny upaniviṣṭāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca |
51 | teṣām ṛddhir bahuvidhā dṛśyate daivamānuṣī
aśakyā parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddheyā tu bubhūṣatā |
52 | yāṃ tu pṛcchasi mā rājan divyām etāṃ śaśākṛtim
pārśve śaśasya dve varṣe ubhaye dakṣiṇottare karṇau tu nāgadvīpaṃ ca kaśyapadvīpam eva ca |
53 | tāmravarṇaḥ śiro rājañ śrīmān malayaparvataḥ
etad dvitīyaṃ dvīpasya dṛśyate śaśasaṃsthitam |