Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 6: Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva. Text 31

वैदूर्यकृतसोपाना वाप्य उत्पलमालिनीः ।
प्राप्तं किम्पुरुषैर्दृष्ट्वा त आराद्ददृशुर्वटम् ॥३१॥

vaidÅ«rya-ká¹›ta-sopÄnÄ
vÄpya utpala-mÄlinīḥ
prÄptaá¹ kimpuruá¹£air dṛṣṭvÄ
ta ÄrÄd dadṛśur vaá¹­am

 vaidÅ«rya-ká¹›ta - made of vaidÅ«rya; sopÄnÄḥ - staircases; vÄpyaḥ - lakes; utpala - of lotus flowers; mÄlinīḥ - containing rows; prÄptam - inhabited; kimpuruá¹£aiḥ - by the Kimpuruá¹£as; dṛṣṭvÄ - after seeing; te - those demigods; ÄrÄt - not far away; dadṛśuḥ - saw; vaá¹­am - a banyan tree.


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They also saw that the bathing ghÄá¹­as and their staircases were made of vaidÅ«rya-maṇi. The water was full of lotus flowers. Passing by such lakes, the demigods reached a place where there was a great banyan tree.

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