Ambhogiri (mountain of Śāka Dvīpa)

Ambhogiri · ambhaḥ-giri, “the mountain of waters”

Ambhogiri is a mountain of Śāka-dvīpa, one of the seven dvīpas of the earth. It is named among the varsha mountains (varsha-parvatas) of that dvīpa in the Brahma Purāṇa, where Lomaharshaṇa describes to the munis the dvīpas beyond Jambūdvīpa.

In Śāka-dvīpa

Śāka-dvīpa lies around the ocean of cream that surrounds Krauñca-dvīpa. Bhavya is its lord, and its varshas bear the names of his sons: Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Manīraka, Kuśamoda, Modāki and Mahādruma. Its varsha mountains are named in this order: Udayagiri, Jaladhāra, also called Raivataka, Śyāma, Ambhogiri, Astikeya and Kesarī.

There stands a great tree called Śāka, served by siddhas and gandharvas; the wind that touches its leaves gives supreme joy. The janapadas there are of pure people of the four varṇas, without fear, without hindrance and free of disease. Its seven rivers, of great puṇya, which take away the fear of pāpa and came from svarga, are Sukumārī, Kumārī, Nalinī, Reṇukā, Ikshu, Dhenukā and Gabhasti, and there are thousands of small streams and hills; the people who live on Jalada and the other mountains drink their waters. Among them there is no loss of dharma, no pleasure and pain, and no going beyond the bounds of śāstra. The four varṇas there are called Maga, Māgadha, Mānasa and Mandaga. Their family deity is Vishṇu, and they worship Śrī Hari in the form of Sūrya according to vidhi. Śāka-dvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of milk, of the same measure.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20