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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 5]
Concerning  ajitasya padam , the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the milk ocean of this material world, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says:  padam kṣīrodadhi-stha-śvetadvīpam tamasaḥ prakṛteḥ param . The island known as Śvetadvīpa, which is in the ocean of milk, is transcendental. It has nothing to do with this material world. A city government may have a rest house where the governor and important government officers stay. Such a rest house is not an ordinary house. Similarly, although Śvetadvīpa, which is in the ocean of milk, is in this material world, it is  param padam , transcendental.
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तत्रादृष्टस्वरूपाय श्रुतपूर्वाय वै ग्रभुः । स्तुतिमन्त्रूत दैवीमिर्गीर्भिस्त्ववहितेन्द्रियः ॥२५॥
tatrādṛṣṭa-svarūpāya śruta-pūrvāya vai prabhuḥ stutim abrūta daivībhir gīrbhis tv avahitendriyaḥ
tatra —there (at the Lord’s abode known as Śvetadvīpa);  adṛṣṭa-svarūpāya —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was not seen even by Lord Brahmā;  śruta-pūrvāya —but who was heard about from the  Vedas ;  vai —indeed;  prabhuḥ —Lord Brahmā;  stutim —prayers derived from Vedic literature;  abrūta —performed;  daivībhiḥ —by prayers mentioned in the Vedic literature or offered by persons strictly following Vedic principles;  gīrbhiḥ —by such sound vibrations or songs;  tu —then;  avahita-indriyaḥ —fixed in mind, without deviation.
TRANSLATION
There [at Śvetadvīpa], Lord Brahmā offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though he had never seen the Supreme Lord. Simply because Lord Brahmā had heard about the Supreme Personality of Godhead from Vedic literature, with a fixed mind he offered the Lord prayers as written or approved by Vedic literature.