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The Adipurana states:
101. It seems as if the mountain, capable of bearing the weight of the entire universe, is revealing its own greatness by crushing it.
102. If this mountain were to grow in the sky, not horizontally, but only for play, where would it fit in the hut-like universe?
103. That mountain is so high and pure that it is ready to compete with the Kulachala mountains with its towering peaks.
104. In the northern range of that victorious mountain, there is a superior city called Alaka, which mocks the moon along with the faces of the Keshava Vidyaadharis.
105. That city, having attained great prosperity, shines in that northern range, just as the Abhishek Kriya of the Jinadeva shines on the Panduka rock.
106. That Alaka city is extremely vast, like a process built on a great grammar, and just as there is a great deal of multilingualism in the divine sound of Bhagavan Jinadeva, meaning that there is a great deal of transformation in the form of different languages, so too is there multilingualism in that city, meaning that different languages are spoken in that city.
107. That city bears a very high rampart (kot) with tall gopura-doorways, making it seem like the land of Jambudvipa, bearing the ring of the Vedika.
108. In the moat of that city, there are many lotuses in bloom, and bees are flying around them, making it seem as if that moat is adorned with beautiful, collyrium-like eyes, in the form of lotuses, looking at the Vidyaadharas there, who are wandering around.
109. The fort that surrounds that city on all sides is only for its beauty, because the Vidyaadhara king who protects that city protects his subjects with his own arms.
110. The flags flying on the peaks of the large, fortified houses of that city scorn the swan garland that descends on the peak of Kailasa.
111. In every house of that city, there are many pools adorned with blooming lotuses. In them, the Kalahansa (duck) birds make melodious sounds, making them seem as if they are laughing at the Manasarovar.