Description of the netherworlds (pātāla) - Verse 36
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 20 · Verse 36
Sanskrit Original
वैद्युतस्याग्निजि ह्वस्य हिरण्याक्षस्य चालयम। पुरं च विद्युज्जिह्वस्य राक्षसेन्द्रस्य धीमतः।।
vaidyutasyāgniji hvasya hiraṇyākṣasya cālayam| puraṃ ca vidyujjihvasya rākṣasendrasya 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.