नरकाणामधोभागे स्थितः कालाग्निसंज्ञकः । तदधो हट्टकश्चैव अनंतस्तदधः स्मृतः
narakāṇāmadhobhāge sthitaḥ kālāgnisaṃjñakaḥ | tadadho haṭṭakaścaiva anaṃtastadadhaḥ smṛtaḥ
नरकांच्या अधोभागी ‘कालाग्नि’ नावाचा प्रदेश आहे; त्याखाली ‘हट्टक’ आणि त्याहीखाली ‘अनंत’ असे स्मरणात आहे।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A vertical cross-section of the cosmos: above, labeled hells; below them a blazing stratum ‘Kālāgni’; beneath, darker metallic realm ‘Haṭṭaka’; below that, the vast coiled presence of ‘Ananta’.
It maps purāṇic cosmic structure, underscoring the vastness and ordered hierarchy of realms shaped by karma.
None; this is cosmological description rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None in this verse.