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The city of Purinagar, with its lofty towers, is situated in the midst of the earth. It is as if the Creator has established a silver rod, measuring the earth, in the middle of it.
In its northern range, where the celestial beings reside, there is a city called Alkapuri, surrounded by a moat filled with water fragrant with the pollen of blooming lotuses. It is adorned with garments that disturb the minds of the enemy.
It appears as if it is adorned with a golden girdle, made of a variety of forms, with bound gems, numerous gates, and jewel-studded arches. It seems as if it is adorned with ornaments on its neck. The city, with its blue-haired, Nandanavana-like appearance, seems as if an extraordinary courtesan has descended. It has seven-storied houses, whose peaks touch the sky with their jewel-studded tops. It seems as if the city exhales with the beautiful smoke of incense, laughs with its pearl-like teeth, counts the sounds of the buzzing of bees, and listens with the ears of its vast windows. Its banners are like its hands...