There was a huge (Shalmali) tree on one of the peaks of Himavat. Having grown for many hundred years, he had spread out his branches wide around. His trunk also was huge and his twigs and leaves were numberless.
हिमवन्तं समासाद्य महानासीद् वनस्पतिः। वर्षपूगाभिसंवृद्धः शाखी स्कन्धी पलाशवान्॥