Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 31
Rāhu, Eclipses, Antarikṣa, and the Seven Subterranean Heavens
Bila-svarga
ततोऽधस्तात्पाताले नागलोकपतयो वासुकिप्रमुखा: शङ्खकुलिकमहाशङ्खश्वेतधनञ्जयधृतराष्ट्रशङ्खचूडकम्बलाश्वतरदेवदत्तादयो महाभोगिनो महामर्षा निवसन्ति येषामु ह वै पञ्चसप्तदशशतसहस्रशीर्षाणां फणासु विरचिता महामणयो रोचिष्णव: पातालविवरतिमिरनिकरं स्वरोचिषा विधमन्ति ॥ ३१ ॥
tato ’dhastāt pātāle nāga-loka-patayo vāsuki-pramukhāḥ śaṅkha-kulika-mahāśaṅkha-śveta-dhanañjaya-dhṛtarāṣṭra-śaṅkhacūḍa-kambalāśvatara-devadattādayo mahā-bhogino mahāmarṣā nivasanti yeṣām u ha vai pañca-sapta-daśa-śata-sahasra-śīrṣāṇāṁ phaṇāsu viracitā mahā-maṇayo rociṣṇavaḥ pātāla-vivara-timira-nikaraṁ sva-rociṣā vidhamanti.
在罗萨塔拉之下是帕塔拉（那伽界）。那里居住着诸多那伽之王，以婆苏吉为首：商迦、库利迦、摩诃商迦、室吠多、达难阇耶、持国、商迦楚达、甘婆罗、阿湿瓦塔罗、提婆达多等。他们皆为嗔怒炽盛、势力强大的巨蛇，拥有无数蛇冠：有五冠、七冠、十冠、百冠乃至千冠。其冠上镶嵌大宝珠，宝光照彻洞天，驱散帕塔拉的幽暗。
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Subterranean Heavenly Planets.”
FAQs
This verse says that below the preceding regions lies Pātāla, inhabited by powerful Nāga rulers led by Vāsuki, whose radiant hood-jewels illuminate and dispel the darkness of Pātāla’s caverns.
In the Fifth Canto’s cosmology, Śukadeva systematically narrates the structure of the universe (including lower realms) to broaden Parīkṣit’s understanding of the Lord’s creation and governance beyond the earthly plane.
Just as the Nāga-jewels remove Pātāla’s darkness by their own light, devotion and true knowledge illuminate the heart from within, clearing ignorance without dependence on external validation.