Abounding with snakes, O king, it was the abode of the highly effulgent Vasuki, the king of serpents. There four and then ten thousand Rishis also lived permanently.
यत्र पन्नगराजस्य वासुकेः संनिवेशनम्॥ महाद्युतेर्महाराज बहुभिः पन्नगैर्वृतम्। ऋषीणां हि सहस्राणि यत्र नित्यं चतुर्दश॥