Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 80, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
पाताल आस्ते योऽद्यापि दैत्यः समयबन्धनः ।
विरजाश्चार्ववीरश्च निर्मोहः सत्यवाक्कृतिः ।
विष्ण्वाद्याश्चैव तनयाः सावर्णस्य मनोर्नृपाः ॥
pātāla āste yo ’dyāpi daityaḥ samayabandhanaḥ / virajāś cārvavīraś ca nirmohaḥ satyavāk kṛtiḥ / viṣṇvādyāś caiva tanayāḥ sāvarṇasya manornṛpāḥ
那位阿修罗（Daitya）婆利（Bali）至今仍居于帕塔拉（Pātāla），因盟约而受约束。毗罗阇（Viraja）、恰尔瓦毗罗（Cārvavīra）、尼尔摩诃（Nirmoha）、萨提亚瓦克（Satyavāk）、克利提（Kṛti）等，以及以毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）为首的诸位，皆为萨伐尔尼·摩奴之子——诸王。
FAQs
Even mighty beings are ‘bound by samaya’—a lawful condition or covenant. Power is subordinated to dharma and divine ordinance; restraint and accountability are cosmic principles.
Manvantara and Vaṃśa: it continues manvantara particulars (Indra’s status) and genealogical listing (Manu’s sons).
Pātāla here functions as a liminal ‘holding realm’: forces not presently manifest in the upper worlds are conserved under constraint, to re-emerge when the cycle requires their role.