The inhabitants of Svetadvīpa are described in the Mokṣa-dharma section of the Nārāyaṇīya: Śvetāḥ pumāṁso gata-sarva-duḥkhāś cakṣur muṣaḥ pāpa-kṛtāṁ narāṇām The men who previously committed sins are white, blinding to the eyes, because all their sufferings have been destroyed. śvetadvīpa-patau cittaṁ śuddhe dharma-maye mayi dhārayaṣ chvetatāṁ yāti ṣaḍ-ūrmi-rahito naraḥ A human being who concentrates on Me as the upholder of religious principles, the personification of purity and the Lord of Śvetadvīpa obtains the pure existence in which he is freed from the six waves of material disturbance, namely hunger, thirst, decay, death, grief and illusion. SB 11.15.18 In the commentary on this verse, it is explained that the word śvetatām (whiteness) means having a pure form. The word śveta thus means in this context, being śuddha-sattva. In the present verse, there is pun on this word with the normal meaning of “white.”