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वैश्रवणसभावर्णन (vaizravaNasabhAvarNana)

 
Mahabharata
English
Vaiśravaṇa-sabhā-varṇana(ṃ) (“description of the palace of Kubera”). § 269 (Lokapālas.): The sabhā of Vaiśravaṇa (i.e. Kubera) is 100 yojanas in length and 70 in breadth, acquired by Vaiśravaṇa by his ascetic power
it is supported by Guhyakas attached to the firmament, and capable of moving along it. There sits Vaiśravaṇa with thousands of wives, amidst the fragrance of the lotuses of the nalinī Alakā and the Nandana gardens, and the gods, Gandharvas (those called Kinnaras and those called Naras), Apsarases (enumeration), Yakshas (enumeration), Lakshmī, Nalakūbara, myself (i.e. Nārada), many devarshis and brahmarshis, kravyādas (i.e. Rākshasas), Umāpati (i.e. Śiva), with hosts of spirits (bhūtasaṅghaiḥ, dwarfs, etc.), and Devī (i.e. Umā), and Gandharva chiefs (enumeration), and Cakradharman, the chief of the Vidyādharas, Bhagadatta, and innumerable other kings, and Druma, the chief of the Kimpurushas, and the Rākshasa king Mahendra Gandhamādana (according to BR., who takes it to be = Rāvaṇa), and Vibhīshaṇa (the brother of Kubera), and the mountains Himavat, etc. (enumeration), in their personified forms, and Nandīśvara and Mahākāla, and many pārishadas with arrowy ears and mouths, Kāshṭha, Kuṭīmukha, Dantin, and Vijayā (B. Vijaya), and the roaring white bull [of Śiva, PCR.], and Piśācas. Paulastya (i.e. Kubera) always adores Śiva, and sometimes is honoured by his visit. There also the best of jewels, Śaṅkha and Padma, those princes of all gems [in their personified forms, PCR.], accompanied by all the jewels of the earth, worship Kubera (II, 10).