Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.8

yatra ha vai śālmalī plakshāyāmā yasyām vāva kila nilayam āhur bhagavataś chandah-stutah patattri-rājasya sā dvīpa-hūtaye upalakshyate

SYNONYMS

yatra — where; ha vai — certainly; śālmalī — a śālmalī tree; plaksha-āyāmā — as big as the plaksha tree (one hundred yojanas broad and eleven hundred yojanas high); yasyām — in which; vāva kila — indeed; nilayam — rest or living place; āhuh — they say; bhagavatah — of the most powerful; chandah-stutah — who worships the Lord by Vedic prayers; patattri-rājasya — of Garuda, the carrier of Lord Vishnu; sā — that tree; dvīpa-hūtaye — for the name of the island; upalakshyate — is distinguished.

TRANSLATION

On Sālmalīdvīpa there is a śālmalī tree, from which the island takes its name. That tree is as broad and tall as the plaksha tree — in other words 100 yojanas [800 miles] broad and 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles] tall. Learned scholars say that this gigantic tree is the residence of Garuda, the king of all birds and carrier of Lord Vishnu. In that tree, Garuda offers Lord Vishnu his Vedic prayers.

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