तत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति स विष्णुः स च शङ्करः
Having reached there, they do not grieve; there is Viṣṇu, and there too is Śaṅkara.
न मे वर्णयितुं शक्यं ज्वालामालासमाकुलम्
I am not able to describe it, filled as it is with garlands of blazing flames.
शेते तत्र हरिः श्रीमान् मायी मायामयः परः
There rests the glorious Hari, the master of illusion, transcendent and composed of māyā.
यान्ति तत्र महात्मानो ये प्रपन्ना जनार्दनम्
Great souls who have surrendered to Janārdana go there.
वह्निना च परिक्षिप्तं तत्रास्ते भगवान् भवः
Surrounded by fire, there abides the venerable Lord Bhava.
योगिभिः शतसाहस्त्रैर्भूतै रुद्रैश्च संवृतः
He is attended by hundreds of thousands of yogis and beings, and by Rudras.
मदादेवपराः शान्तास्तापसा ब्रह्मवादिनः
Devoted to me, intent on the divine, peaceful, ascetic, and speakers of Brahman.
द्रक्ष्यन्ति ब्रह्मणा युक्ता रुद्रलोकः स वै स्मृतः
Endowed with Brahman, they will see Rudraloka, as it is known.
महातलादयश्चाधः पातालाः सन्ति वै द्विजाः
Below are Mahātala and the other netherworlds, O twice-born ones.
प्रासादैर्विविधैः शुभ्रैर्देवतायतनैर्युतम्
They are adorned with various splendid palaces and abodes of the gods.
नृपेण बलिना चैव पातालस्वर्गवासिना
By a mighty king dwelling in Pātāla-svarga.
सितं हि वितलं प्रोक्तं तलं चैव सितेतरम्
Vitala is said to be white, and Tala is also described as white.
रसातलमिति ख्यातं तथान्यैश्च निषेवितम्
Rasātala is renowned as such, and is frequented by others as well.
तलातलमिति ख्यातं सर्वशोभासमन्वितम्
Talātala is famed, endowed with every kind of splendor.
पूर्वदेवैः समाकीर्णं सुतलं च तथापरैः
Sutala is filled with the gods of old and with others as well.
महान्तकाद्यैर्नागैश्च प्रह्मादेनासुरेण च
By great serpents like Mahāntaka and by the demon Prahmāda.
महाजम्भेन वीरेण हयग्रीवेण वै तथा
By the mighty Jambha and the heroic Hayagrīva as well,
तथान्यैर्विवधैर्नागैस्तलं चैव सुशोभनम्
And likewise by other fierce serpents, the splendid netherworld is filled.
पापिनस्तेषु पच्यन्ते न ते वर्णयितुं क्षमाः
The wicked are tormented there; they are too many to be described.
कालाग्निरुद्रो योगात्मा नारसिंहो ऽपि माधवः
Kālāgni, Rudra, the soul of yoga, Nārasiṃha, and Mādhava as well,
तदाधारमिदं सर्वं स कालाग्निमपाश्रितः
All this rests upon him, who has taken on the form of Kālāgni.
विषज्वालामयो ऽन्ते ऽसौ जगत् संहरति स्वयम्
At the end, he, blazing with venomous flames, dissolves the world by himself.
तामसी शांभवी मूर्तिः कालो लोकप्रकालनः
The dark, Śāṃbhavī form is Time, the destroyer of worlds.
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि भूर्लोकस्यास्य निर्णयम्
Now I shall declare further the determination of this earthly world.
कुशः क्रौञ्चश्च शाकश्च पुष्करश्चैव सप्तमः
Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, and Puṣkara are the seventh.
द्वीपाद् द्वीपो महानुक्तः सागरादपि सागरः
From island to island, each is said to be great, and each ocean greater than the last.
दध्योदः क्षीरसलिलः स्वादूदश्चेति सागराः
The oceans are named: Dadhyoda, the ocean of milk, and the ocean of sweet water.
द्वीपैश्च सप्तभिर्युक्ता योजनानां समासतः
These are joined by seven islands, measured in yojanas in summary.
तस्य मध्ये महामेरुर्विश्रुतः कनकप्रभः
In the midst of them stands the famed Mount Meru, shining like gold.
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्द्वात्रिंशन्मूर्ध्नि विस्तृतः
It extends sixteen units below and thirty-two at the summit.