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In the Harivamsha Purana, the rivers Ganga, Sindhu, Rohya, Rohitasy, Harit, Harikanta, Sita, Sitoda, Nari, Narakanta, Suvarnakula, Rupaykula, Rakta, and Raktoda are described. All these rivers are accompanied by thousands of tributaries on the earth.
The Padma lake is a thousand yojanas long, five hundred yojanas wide, and ten yojanas deep. This lake is surrounded on all sides by a platform, similar to the platform of the Himalayas, filled with auspicious and cool water.
There is a lotus in this Padma lake, which is one yojana in extent. This lotus emerges from the water and rises half a yojana above it, and its corolla is adorned with a kosha.
The other lakes in the south and north have twice the length, width, etc., of the previous lakes, and lotuses adorn all these lakes.
On the lotuses, there are high buildings, in which the goddesses Shri, Ho, Dhriti, Kirti, Buddhi, and Lakshmi reside in order.
All these goddesses have a lifespan of one palya. The goddesses in the south are obedient to Saudharmendra, and the goddesses in the north are obedient to Aishanesha. All of them are accompanied by the assembly of the Samanika gods.
The Ganga river flows out from the eastern gate of the Padma lake, the Sindhu river flows out from the western gate, and the Rohitasy river flows out from the northern gate. These rivers flow out of the lake and flow for some distance on the mountain.
From the Mahapadma lake, the Rohya and Harikanta rivers flow out, from the Tigich, the Harit and Sitoda rivers flow out, from the Kesari lake, the Sita and Narakanta rivers flow out, from the Mahapuṇḍarīka lake, the Nari and Rupaykula rivers flow out, and from the Puṇḍarīka lake, the Suvarnakula, Rakta, and Raktoda rivers flow out. The gates from which these rivers flow out are adorned with toranas.
The width of the Vajramukha gate from which the Ganga flows out is six yojanas and one kosha, and its depth is half a kosha. There is a torana made of various precious stones on that gate, which is nine yojanas and one eighth of a yojana in extent.