Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives the following quotation from the Vāyu Purāṇa, wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the Himalayas, are described.
- dhanurvat saṁsthite jñeye dve varṣe dakṣiṇottare
- dīrghāṇi tatra catvāri caturasram ilāvṛtam iti dakṣiṇottare
- bhāratottara-kuru-varṣe catvāri kiṁpuruṣa-harivarṣa-ramyaka-hiraṇmayāni varṣāṇi
- nīla-niṣadhayos tiraścinībhūya samudra-praviṣṭayoḥ saṁlagnatvam
- aṅgīkṛtya bhadrāśva-ketumālayor api dhanur-ākṛtitvam
- atas tayor dairghyata eva madhye saṅkucitatvena nava-sahasrāyāmatvam
- ilāvṛtasya tu meroḥ sakāśāt catur-dikṣu nava-sahasrāyama-tvaṁ saṁbhavet
- vastutas tv ilāvṛta-bhadrāśva-ketumālānāṁ catus-triṁśat-sahasrāyāmatvaṁ jñeyam