Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 68 Shloka 12

ते those messengers, अपरतालस्य Aparatala mountain, न्यन्तेन to the west of it, प्रलम्बस्य Pralamba mountain, उत्तरं प्रति to the north of, मध्येन in between, मालिनीं नदीम् river Malini, निषेवमाणाः serving, जग्मुः went.

The messengers proceeded in westerly direction for some distance and then crossed the southern end of the Aparatala mountain. Thereafter, they travelled northward along the bank of Malini that flows in between Aparatala and Pralamba mountains.