Description of the netherworlds (pātāla) - Verse 35
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 20 · Verse 35
Sanskrit Original
पञ्चमे शर्कराभौमे बहुयोजनविस्तरम। विरोजनस्य नगरं दैत्यसिंहस्य धीमतः।।
pañcame śarkarābhaume bahuyojanavistaram| virojanasya nagaraṃ daityasiṃhasya dhīmataḥ||
Sūta said: In the fifth netherworld that is covered with sand and full of gravel is the intelligent Virocana, the lion among Daityas, the abodes of Vaidyuta, Agni-Jihva and that of Hiraṇyākṣa, the city of the intelligent Vidyujjihva, the lord of Rākṣasa, the city of Sahamegha, that of Mālin, the leading Rākṣasa, the city of the serpent Kirmīra and those of Svastika and Jayā. Thus there are thousands of cities of the serpents, Dānavas and the Rākṣasas in the fifth netherworld full of gravel. This should be known (as the situation) for ever.