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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.24

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage

In the sequence: he passes coastal forests, hermitages, lotus ponds, nāgas, suparṇas, gandharvas, kiṃnaras, siddhas, cāraṇas and apsarases, fragrant groves, pearls, coral, and prosperous towns

3.33.24

śaṅkhānāṃ prastaraṃ caiva pravālanicayaṃ tathā
kāñcanāni ca śailāni rājatāni ca sarvaśaḥ

and a bed of conch-shells, and likewise a mass of coral, and mountains of gold and silver everywhere,

Words: śaṅkhānāṃ — of conch-shells; prastaraṃ — a spread, layer, bed; caiva — and; pravālanicayaṃ — a heap of coral; tathā — likewise; kāñcanāni ca — and golden; śailāni — mountains, rocks; rājatāni ca — and silver; sarvaśaḥ — everywhere, entirely

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.