Chapter 42 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 42.18

तत्र प्राग्ज्योतिषं नाम जातरूपमयं पुरम्। यस्मिन् वसति दुष्टात्मा नरको नाम दानवः ॥

tatra prāgjyotiṣaṃ nāma jātarūpamayaṃ puram| yasmin vasati duṣṭātmā narako nāma dānavaḥ ||

English Meaning

In it is a city named Prāgjyotişa, all of gold. There dwells the wicked Dänava named Naraka.* *i.e. in the Varadha hill.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)