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Harivaṃśapurāṇa
The water of the ocean rises up to five thousand yojanas in the bright fortnight and decreases to eleven thousand yojanas in the dark fortnight. ||437||
In the bright fortnight, the ocean increases by three hundred and thirty-three yojanas and one-third of a yojana every day, and decreases by the same amount in the dark fortnight. ||438||
At the end of the vedi, the ocean is as fine as the wing of a fly, but when its water increases, it rises up to half a yojana. ||439||
In the bright fortnight, the ocean increases by two hundred and sixty-six dandas, two hastas, and sixteen angulis every day, and decreases by the same amount in the dark fortnight. ||440||
The ocean, which is contracted below, becomes like a boat, and expands above on the earth, and in the sky, it becomes like two boats joined together, or like a heap of barley, wide below and narrow above. ||441||
After entering ninety-five thousand yojanas from the vedi, there are four pātalavivaras below in all directions. ||442||
Among them, in the east is the pātal, in the south is the baḍvamukha, in the west is the kadambaka, and in the north is the yūpakesara. ||443||
The extent of the root and the front part of these four pātalas is ten thousand yojanas, and the depth and the extent of their middle part is considered to be one hundred thousand yojanas each. ||444||
These pātalavivaras are like balls, that is, their bottom and top are narrow and their middle is wide. The thickness of their vajra-made walls is five hundred yojanas on all sides. ||445||
These vivaras have three parts each, one part is thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three yojanas and one kala. ||446||
In their third upper part, only water remains, in the lower part, strong wind remains, and in the middle part, both water and wind remain in order. ||447||
The wind in the pātalas naturally breathes in and out, and due to this, the water in them rises and falls, that is, when the wind rises, the water rises, and when the wind falls, the water falls. ||448||
The fifteenth part of the pātalas is filled with wind slowly in the bright fortnight, and with water in the dark fortnight. On the new moon and full moon days, their natural state is restored. ||449||
The difference between these pātalavivaras is...