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## Third Rebirth: The Description of Pushkaravaradvipa
The description of Pushkaravaradvipa is as follows: 9170587 yojanas. Dividing this by 4, we get 2292646 yojanas and 3 kosas.
O Bhagavan! Is the region of Kalod Ocean touching Pushkaravaradvipa?
This question should be asked in the same way as before, until it is established that some beings from Pushkaravaradvipa are born in the Kalod Ocean after death, and some are not.
O Bhagavan! Why is the Kalod Ocean called Kalod Ocean?
Gautama! The water of the Kalod Ocean is palatable, fleshy (heavy), smooth (pleasant to taste), black, the color of a heap of black gram, and naturally sweet. Therefore, it is called Kalod.
There reside two great gods named Kal and Mahakal, who are in the state of Palyopama. Therefore, it is called Kalod.
Gautama! Another reason is that the Kalod Ocean is eternal, so its name is also eternal and unimitable.
O Bhagavan! How many moons were shining in the Kalod Ocean? This question should be asked in the same way as before.
Gautama! Forty-two moons were shining, are shining, and will shine in the Kalod Ocean.
The scripture says that forty-two moons and forty-two suns, with their associated rays, wander in the Kalod Ocean.
One thousand one hundred and seventy-six stars, three thousand six hundred and sixty-nine Mahagrahas, and twenty-eight lakh twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty Kodakodi stars were shining, are shining, and will shine.
The description of Pushkaravaradvipa: 176. (a) The Kalod Ocean surrounds Pushkaravaradvipa, which is situated in the form of a circular ring, and is completely surrounded by it. It is like this until the circular ring of the Samchakkavala, and not like the circular ring of the Visamchakkavala.
O Bhagavan! What is the diameter of the circular ring of Pushkaravaradvipa, and what is its circumference?
Gautama! The diameter of the circular ring is sixteen thousand yojanas. One yojana is equal to one hundred thousand banas.
The circumference of Pushkaravaradvipa is eighty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty-nine yojanas.
It is surrounded by one Paumavaraveya and one Vanasanda.
It has two colors.
O Bhagavan! How many gates are there in Pushkaravaradvipa?
Gautama! There are four gates, namely: Vijaya, Vejayante, Jayante, and Aparajita.
O Bhagavan! Where is the gate named Vijaya in Pushkaravaradvipa?
Gautama! It is located in the south-west of Pushkaravaradvipa, at the south-west end of the Pushkarod Ocean.
1. The three verses present in this text were not found in the copies available to the commentator. It seems that he has quoted these three verses in his commentary by writing "Anyatrapyuktam". - Editor