It was surrounded by a most as wide as the sea and by wall rising high up to the sky. It was as white as the white clouds or the rays of the moon. Those foremost of cities looked resplendent like the city of Bhogavati of the Nagas.
सागरप्रतिरूपाभिः परिखाभिरलंकृतम्। प्राकारेण च सम्पन्नं दिवमावृत्य तिष्ठता॥ पाण्डुराभ्रप्रकाशेन हिमरश्मिनिभेन च। शुशुभे तत् पुरश्रेष्ठं नागैर्भोगवती यथा॥