Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives the following quotation from the Vayu Purana, wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the Himalayas, are described.
dhanurvat samsthite jneye dve varse daksinottare. dirghani tatra catvari
caturasram ilavrtam iti daksinottare bharatottara-kuru-varse catvari
kimpurusa-harivarsa-ramyaka-hiranmayani varsani nila-
nisadhayos tirascinibhuya samudra-pravistayoh samlagnatvam
aṅgikrtya bhadrasva-ketumalayor api dhanur-akrtitvam. atas tayor
dairghyata eva madhye saṅkucitatvena nava-sahasrayamatvam. ilavrtasya
tu meroh sakasat catur-diksu nava-sahasrayamatvam
sambhavet vastutas tv ilavrta-bhadrasva-ketumalanam catus-trimsat-
sahasrayamatvam jneyam.
caturasram ilavrtam iti daksinottare bharatottara-kuru-varse catvari
kimpurusa-harivarsa-ramyaka-hiranmayani varsani nila-
nisadhayos tirascinibhuya samudra-pravistayoh samlagnatvam
aṅgikrtya bhadrasva-ketumalayor api dhanur-akrtitvam. atas tayor
dairghyata eva madhye saṅkucitatvena nava-sahasrayamatvam. ilavrtasya
tu meroh sakasat catur-diksu nava-sahasrayamatvam
sambhavet vastutas tv ilavrta-bhadrasva-ketumalanam catus-trimsat-
sahasrayamatvam jneyam.
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