It is called after the island, this mountain is made of gold and it is inaccessible. O descendant of Kuru, there is another greatly effulgert mountain called Kumuda.
स्वनाम नामा दुर्धर्षो द्वितीयो हेमपर्वतः। द्युतिमान् नाम कौरव्य तृतीयः कुमुदो गिरिः॥