It was infested by crows and other birds and vultures, tall having beaks of iron, as also by evil spirits with long mouths pointed like needles. And it was filled with inaccessible fastness like the Vindhya mountains,
अयोमुखैश्च काकाद्यैर्गुधैश्च समभिद्रुतम्। सूचीमुखैस्तथा प्रेतैर्विथ्यशैलोपमैर्वृतम्॥