Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.26.5

rishir uvāca

antarāla eva tri-jagatyās tu diśi dakshinasyām adhastād bhūmer uparishtāc ca jalād yasyām agnishvāttādayah pitri-ganā diśi svānām gotrānām paramena samādhinā satyā evāśisha āśāsānā nivasanti

SYNONYMS

rishih uvāca — the great sage replied; antarāle — in the intermediate space; eva — certainly; tri-jagatyāh — of the three worlds; tu — but; diśi — in the direction; dakshinasyām — southern; adhastāt — beneath; bhūmeh — on the earth; uparishtāt — a little above; ca — and; jalāt — the Garbhodaka Ocean; yasyām — in which; agnishvāttā-ādayah — headed by Agnishvāttā; pitri-ganāh — the persons known as pitās; diśi — direction; svānām — their own; gotrānām — of the families; paramena — with great; samādhinā — absorption in thoughts of the Lord; satyāh — in truth; eva — certainly; āśishah — blessings; āśāsānāh — desiring; nivasanti — they live.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered: All the hellish planets are situated in the intermediate space between the three worlds and the Garbhodaka Ocean. They lie on the southern side of the universe, beneath Bhū-mandala, and slightly above the water of the Garbhodaka Ocean. Pitriloka is also located in this region between the Garbhodaka Ocean and the lower planetary systems. All the residents of Pitriloka, headed by Agnishvāttā, meditate in great samādhi on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and always wish their families well.

PURPORT

As previously explained, below our planetary system are seven lower planetary systems, the lowest of which is called Pātālaloka. Beneath Pātālaloka are other planets, known as Narakaloka, or the hellish planets. At the bottom of the universe lies the Garbhodaka Ocean. Therefore the hellish planets lie between Pātālaloka and the Garbhodaka Ocean.

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