That sacred lake like an ocean has been formed by Ganga herself. Ganga, incapable of being held by even the mountains, was held for one thousand years by the wilder of Pinaka on his head. O king, on the western side of the Meru is Ketumala.
तया ह्युत्पादित: पुण्यः स ह्रदः सागरोपमः। तां धारयामास तदा दुर्धरा पर्वतैरपि॥ शतं वर्षसहस्राणां शिरसैव पिनाकधूक्। मरोस्तु पश्चिमे भागे केतुमालो महीपते॥