"Narada said,--'the celestial assembly room of Sakra is full of lustre.
He hath obtained it as the fruit of his own acts. Possessed of the
splendour of the sun, it was built, O scion of the Kuru race, by Sakra
himself. Capable of going everywhere at will, this celestial assembly
house is full one hundred and fifty yojanas in length, and hundred
yojanas in breadth, and five yojanas in height. Dispelling weakness of
age, grief, fatigue, and fear, auspicious and bestowing good fortune,
furnished with rooms and seats and adorned with celestial trees, it is
delightful in the extreme. There sitteth in that assembly room, O son
of Pritha, on an excellent seat, the Lord of celestials, with his wife
Sachi endowed with beauty and affluence. Assuming a form incapable of
description for its vagueness, with a crown on his head and bright
bracelets on the upper arms, attired in robes of pure white and decked
with floral wreaths of many hues, there he sitteth with beauty, fame,
and glory by his side. And the illustrious deity of a hundred
sacrifices is daily waited upon, O monarch, in that assembly by the
Marutas in a body, each leading the life of a householder in the bosom
of his family. And the Siddhyas, celestial Rishis, the Sadhyas in all,
the gods, and Marutas of brilliant complexion and adorned with golden
garlands,--all of them in celestial form and decked in ornaments,
always wait upon and worship the illustrious chief of the immortals,
that mighty represser of all foes. And O son of Pritha, the celestial
Rishis also, all of pure souls, with sins completely washed off and
resplendent as the fire, and possessed of energy, and without sorrow of
any kind, and freed from the fever of anxiety, and all performers of
the Soma sacrifice, also wait upon and worship Indra. And Parasara and
Parvata and Savarni and Galava; and Sankha, and the Muni, Gaursiras,
and Durvasa, and Krodhana and Swena and the Muni Dhirghatamas; and
Pavitrapani, Savarni, Yajnavalkya and Bhaluki; and Udyalaka, Swetaketu,
and Tandya, and also Bhandayani; and Havishmat, and Garishta, and king
Harischandra; and Hridya, Udarshandilya. Parasarya, Krishivala;
Vataskandha, Visakha, Vidhatas and Kala. Karaladanta, Tastri, and
Vishwakarman, and Tumuru; and other Rishis, some born of women and
others living upon air, and others again living upon fire, these all
worship Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, the lord of all the
worlds. And Sahadeva, and Sunitha, and Valmiki of great ascetic merit;
and Samika of truthful speech, and Prachetas ever fulfilling their
promises, and Medhatithi, and Vamadeva, and Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu;
and Maruta and Marichi, and Sthanu of great ascetic merit; and
Kakshivat, and Gautama, and Tarkhya, and also the Muni Vaishwanara; and
the Muni Kalakavrikhiya and Asravya, and also Hiranmaya, and Samvartta,
and Dehavya, and Viswaksena of great energy; and Kanwa, and Katyayana,
O king, and Gargya, and Kaushika;--all are present there along with the
celestial waters and plants; and faith, and intelligence, and the
goddess of learning, and wealth, religion, and pleasure; and lightning,
O son of Pandu; and the rain-charged clouds, and the winds, and all the
loud-sounding forces of heaven; the eastern point, the twenty seven
fires conveying the sacrificial butter, Agni and Soma, and the fire of
Indra, and Mitra, and Savitri, and Aryaman; Bhaga, Viswa the Sadhyas,
the preceptor (Vrihaspati), and also Sukra; and Vishwavasu and
Chitrasena, and Sumanas, and also Taruna; the Sacrifices, the gifts to
Brahmanas, the planets, and the stars, O Bharata, and the mantras that
are uttered in sacrifices--all these are present there. And, O King,
many Apsaras and Gandharvas, by various kinds of dances and music both
instrumental and vocal, and by the practice of auspicious rites, and by
the exhibition of many feats of skill, gratify the lord of the
celestials--Satakratu--the illustrious slayer of Vala and Vritra.
Besides these, many other Brahmanas and royal and celestial Rishis, all
resplendent as the fire, decked in floral wreaths and ornaments,
frequently come to and leave that assembly, riding on celestial cars of
various kinds. And Vrihaspati and Sukra are present there on all
occasions. These and many other illustrious ascetics of rigid vows, and
Bhrigu and the seven Rishis who are equal, O king, unto Brahma himself,
come to and leave that assembly house, riding on cars beautiful as the
car of Soma, and themselves looking as bright therein as Soma himself.
This, O mighty armed monarch, is the assembly house, called
Pushkaramalini, of Indra of a hundred sacrifices that I have seen.
Listen now to the account of Yama's assembly house.'