दिशां गजास्तत्र पद्मकुमुदांजनवामनाः । तदधोंऽडकटाहश्च एकवीरास्ति तत्र च
diśāṃ gajāstatra padmakumudāṃjanavāmanāḥ | tadadhoṃ'ḍakaṭāhaśca ekavīrāsti tatra ca
அங்கே திசைகளின் யானைகள்—பத்ம, குமுத, அஞ்சன, வாமன—உள்ளனர். அதன் கீழே ‘ஓண்டகடாஹ’ எனும் உலகம்; அங்கே ‘ஏகவீரன்’ என்பவனும் உள்ளான்।
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.