Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
तलातलं च सुतलं पातालं चापि सप्तमम् । कृष्णशुक्लारुणाः पीताः शर्कराशैलकांचनाः
talātalaṃ ca sutalaṃ pātālaṃ cāpi saptamam | kṛṣṇaśuklāruṇāḥ pītāḥ śarkarāśailakāṃcanāḥ
“E ainda há Talātala e Sutala, e Pātāla como o sétimo. São descritos como escuros, brancos, rubros e amarelos—resplandecentes como cascalho, montanhas e ouro.”
Nārada
Tirtha: Talātala, Sutala, Pātāla (as nether lokas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kauravya (Kuru scion)
Scene: A vertical panorama of the lower worlds: bands of distinct colors—black, white, red, yellow—glittering like gravel, mountains, and gold; the seventh level named Pātāla at the base.
FAQs
Even lower realms possess ordered beauty and structure; creation is vast, graded, and purposeful within dharma.
No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; the verse characterizes subterranean worlds.
None.