स एकदा हिमवतो दक्षिणेष्वथ सानुषु । ददर्श नवभिर्द्वार्भि: पुरं लक्षितलक्षणाम् ॥ १३ ॥
sa ekada himavato daksinesv atha sanusu dadarsa navabhir dvarbhih puram laksita-laksanam
- sah
- that King Puranjana
- ekada
- once upon a time
- himavatah
- of the Himalaya Mountains
- daksinesu
- southern
- atha
- after this
- sanusu
- on the ridges
- dadarsa
- found
- navabhih
- with nine
- dvarbhih
- gates
- puram
- a city
- laksita
- visible
- laksanam
- having all auspicious facilities.
Once, while wandering in this way, he saw on the southern side of the Himalayas, in a place named Bharata-varsa (India), a city that had nine gates all about and was characterized by all auspicious facilities.