Krauñca (mountain of Krauñca Dvīpa)

Krauñca

Krauñca is a mountain of Krauñca-dvīpa, one of the seven dvīpas of the earth. It is the first of the seven lovely varsha mountains (varsha-parvatas) of that dvīpa, frequented by devas and gandharvas, named in the Brahma Purāṇa where Lomaharshaṇa describes to the munis the dvīpas beyond Jambūdvīpa. Each of these mountains is twice the measure of the one before it.

In Krauñca-dvīpa

Krauñca-dvīpa is twice as extensive as Kuśa-dvīpa. Its rulers are the seven sons of Dyutimān: Kuśaga, Mandaga, Ushṇa, Pīvara, Andhakāraka, Muni and Dundubhi.

Its seven varsha mountains are Krauñca, Vāmana, Andhakāraka, Devavrata, Dhama, Puṇḍarīkavān and Dundubhi. Each is twice the measure of the one before.

There the blessed Pushkaras and Pushkalas move about together with the hosts of devas, and the four varṇas, brāhmaṇa and the rest, live there. Its seven chief rivers are Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Sandhyā, Rātrī, Manojavā, Khyāti and Puṇḍarīkā. There Janārdana in the form of Rudra is worshipped in yajña by the Pushkaras and others through dhyāna-yoga. The dvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of cream, of the same measure as the dvīpa, and around that lies Śāka-dvīpa.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20