Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
तलातलं च सुतलं पातालं चापि सप्तमम् । कृष्णशुक्लारुणाः पीताः शर्कराशैलकांचनाः
talātalaṃ ca sutalaṃ pātālaṃ cāpi saptamam | kṛṣṇaśuklāruṇāḥ pītāḥ śarkarāśailakāṃcanāḥ
اور (مزید) تلاتل، سُتل اور ساتواں پاتال بھی ہے۔ وہ سیاہ، سفید، سرخی مائل اور زرد رنگوں والے کہے گئے ہیں—کنکروں، پہاڑوں اور سونے کی مانند درخشاں۔
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.