अस्य बाह्ये तमो घोरं दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं जीववर्जितम् । पंचत्रिंशत्स्मृताः कोट्यो लक्षाण्येकोनविंशतिः
asya bāhye tamo ghoraṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ jīvavarjitam | paṃcatriṃśatsmṛtāḥ koṭyo lakṣāṇyekonaviṃśatiḥ
Sa labas nito ay naroon ang kakila-kilabot na dilim, mahirap pagmasdan at walang anumang nilalang na may buhay. Ang lawak nito’y inaalala bilang tatlumpu’t limang koṭi at labinsiyam na lakṣa.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna) (context continues)
Scene: A ring of impenetrable, smoky-black darkness encircling the luminous cosmic regions; no birds, no beings—only a stark boundary before the next cosmic layer.
Life and light are portrayed as gifts sustained within cosmic boundaries; beyond ordered worlds lies lifeless obscurity.
No terrestrial tīrtha is mentioned; this is a cosmological description.
None.