पातालं सप्तमं यच्च ह्यधस्तात्संस्थितं महत् । वसते तत्र वै देवः पुराणः परमेश्वरः
pātālaṃ saptamaṃ yacca hyadhastātsaṃsthitaṃ mahat | vasate tatra vai devaḥ purāṇaḥ parameśvaraḥ
Và Pātāla thứ bảy vĩ đại, nằm thật sâu bên dưới—chính tại đó ngự trị vị Thần cổ xưa, Đấng Parameśvara, Chúa Tối Thượng.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Type: kshetra
Listener: a royal interlocutor (rājendra)
Scene: At the nadir of the cosmos, a radiant ancient Deity seated in yogic stillness amid dark caverns; surrounding gloom is pierced by a halo, suggesting the Supreme’s presence in the deepest Pātāla.
The Supreme Lord is not confined to one realm; divine sovereignty extends through all levels of existence.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader Kapileśvara/Narmadā narrative with cosmological theology.
None; the verse asserts divine presence and cosmological location.