ऋषिरुवाच अन्तराल एव त्रिजगत्यास्तु दिशि दक्षिणस्यामधस्ताद्भूमेरुपरिष्टाच्च जलाद्यस्यामग्निष्वात्तादय: पितृगणा दिशि स्वानां गोत्राणां परमेण समाधिना सत्या एवाशिष आशासाना निवसन्ति ॥ ५ ॥
rsir uvaca antarala eva tri-jagatyas tu disi daksinasyam adhastad bhumer uparistac ca jalad yasyam agnisvattadayah pitr-gana disi svanam gotranam paramena samadhina satya evasisa asasana nivasanti.
- rsih uvaca
- the great sage replied
- antarale
- in the intermediate space
- eva
- certainly
- tri-jagatyah
- of the three worlds
- tu
- but
- disi
- in the direction
- daksinasyam
- southern
- adhastat
- beneath
- bhumeh
- on the earth
- uparistat
- a little above
- ca
- and
- jalat
- the Garbhodaka Ocean
- yasyam
- in which
- agnisvatta-adayah
- headed by Agnisvatta
- pitr-ganah
- the persons known as pitas
- disi
- direction
- svanam
- their own
- gotranam
- of the families
- paramena
- with great
- samadhina
- absorption in thoughts of the Lord
- satyah
- in truth
- eva
- certainly
- asisah
- blessings
- asasanah
- desiring
- nivasanti
- they live
The great sage Sukadeva Gosvami answered: All the hellish planes are situated in the intermediate space between the three worlds and the Garbhodaka Ocean. They lie on the southern side of the universe, beneath Bhu-mandala, and slightly above the water of the Garbhodaka Ocean. Pitrloka is also located in this region between the Garbhodaka Ocean and the lower planeary systems. All the residents of Pitrloka, headed by Agnisvatta, meditate in great samadhi on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and always wish their families well.