अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
देवा ये वै व्यतीतास्तु रूपैर्नामभिरेव च / तस्मात्तु सांप्रतैर्देवैर्वक्ष्यामि वसुधातलम्
devā ye vai vyatītāstu rūpairnāmabhireva ca / tasmāttu sāṃpratairdevairvakṣyāmi vasudhātalam
The gods who have passed away did so with their forms and their names; therefore, in accordance with the gods of the present, I shall describe the surface of the earth.