दिशां गजास्तत्र पद्मकुमुदांजनवामनाः । तदधोंऽडकटाहश्च एकवीरास्ति तत्र च
diśāṃ gajāstatra padmakumudāṃjanavāmanāḥ | tadadhoṃ'ḍakaṭāhaśca ekavīrāsti tatra ca
അവിടെ ദിക്കുകളുടെ ഗജങ്ങൾ—പദ്മ, കുമുദ, അഞ്ജന, വാമന—ഉണ്ട്. അതിന്റെ താഴെ ‘ഓണ്ഡകടാഹ’ എന്ന ലോകം; അവിടെ ‘ഏകവീരൻ’ എന്നും ഉണ്ട്।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Four (or eight) colossal elephants stationed at the quarters, named Padma, Kumuda, Añjana, Vāmana; beneath them a cauldron-like dark realm ‘Oṃḍakaṭāha’; a solitary heroic figure/entity ‘Ekavīra’ present there.
Purāṇic cosmology presents an ordered universe with guardians and layers, reinforcing the idea of dharma sustaining cosmic stability.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a catalog of cosmic beings/regions.
None.