पातालमेतस्य हि पादमूलं पठन्ति पार्ष्णिप्रपदे रसातलम् । महातलं विश्वसृजोऽथ गुल्फौ तलातलं वै पुरुषस्य जङ्घे ॥ २६ ॥
patalam etasya hi pada-mulam pathanti parsni-prapade rasatalam mahatalam visva-srjo ’tha gulphau talatalam vai purusasya janghe
- patalam
- the planets at the bottom of the universe
- etasya
- of His
- hi
- exactly
- pada-mulam
- soles of the feet
- pathanti
- they study it
- parsni
- the heels
- prapade
- the toes
- rasatalam
- the planets named Rasatala
- mahatalam
- the planets named Mahatala
- visva-srjah
- of the creator of the universe
- atha
- thus
- gulphau
- the ankles
- talatalam
- the planets named Talatala
- vai
- as they are
- purusasya
- of the gigantic person
- janghe
- the shanks
Persons who have realized it have studied that the planes known as Patala constitute the bottoms of the feet of the universal Lord, and the heels and the toes are the Rasatala planes. The ankles are the Mahatala planes, and His shanks constitute the Talatala planes.