There, on the bank of the Sarasvati that powerful palmyra-emblemed hero beheld a gigantic tree called Mahashankha, tall as Meru, looking like the white-mountain and resorted to by many Rishis.
तत्रापश्यन्महाशङ्ख महामेरुमिवोच्छ्रितम्। श्वेतपर्वतसंकाशमृषिसंधैर्निषेवितम्॥ सरस्वत्यास्तटे जातं नगं तालध्वजो बली।