Then proceeding a little, Sumantra saw the beautiful palace of Rāma towering like the Kailāsa hill and resembling the abode of Sakra. It was closed with two big panels at the gate way (of which the trap-door was flung open), and adorned with hundreds of terraces, on its top were many idols made of gold, and arches crested with pearls and diamonds; its colour was white as the autumnal cloud and bright as the golden cave of Sumeru.
ततो ददर्श रुचिरं कैलाससदृशप्रभम्॥ रामवेश्म सुमन्त्रस्तु शक्रवेश्मसमप्रभम्। महाकपाटपिहितं वितर्दिशतशोभितम्॥ काञ्चनप्रतिमैकाग्रं मणिविदुमतोरणम्। शारदाभ्रघनप्रख्यं दीप्तं मेरुगुहासमम्॥