Devibhagavatapurana 8.18: aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ | rāhumaṇḍalādyavasthānavarṇanam

8.18.1

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
adhastātsavituḥ proktamayutaṃ rāhumaṇḍalam |
nakṣatravaccarati ca saiṃhikeyo'tadarhaṇaḥ ||

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sūryācandramasoreva mardanaḥ siṃhikāsutaḥ |
amaratvaṃ ca kheṭatvaṃ lebhe yo viṣṇvanugrahāt ||

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yadadastaraṇerbimbaṃ tapato yojanāyutam |
tacchādako'suro jñeyo'pyarkasāhasravistaram ||

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trayodaśasahasraṃ tu somasyācchādako grahaḥ |
yaḥ parvasamaye vairānubandhī chādako'bhavat ||

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sūryācandramasordūrādbhavecchādanakārakaḥ |
tanniśamyobhayatrāpi viṣṇunā preritaṃ svakam ||

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cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇam |
tattejasā duḥsahena samantātparivāritam ||

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muhūrto dvijamānastu dūrāccakitamānasaḥ |
ārānnivartate so'yamuparāga itīva ha ||

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ucyate lokamadhye tu devarṣe avabudhyatām |
tato'dhastātsamākhyātā lokāḥ paramapāvanāḥ ||

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siddhānāṃ cāraṇānāṃ ca vidyādhrāṇāṃ ca sattama |
yojanāyutavikhyātā lokāḥ puṇyaniṣevitāḥ ||

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tato'pyadhastāddevarṣe yakṣāṇāṃ ca sarakṣasām |
piśācapretabhūtānāṃ vihārājiramuttamam ||

O Devarsi! Below them live the Yaksas, Râksasas, Pis’âchas, Pretas and Bhûtas with their excellent Vihâras (residences).

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antarikṣaṃ ca tatproktaṃ yāvadvāyuḥ pravāti hi |
yāvanmeghāstatodyanti tatproktaṃ jñānakovidaiḥ ||

The learned people call this Antarîksa. It extends upto where the wind blows violently and where the clouds appear. O Best of the twice-born! Below this Antarîksa is this earth, measuring one hundred Yoyanas. All the articles and things of the earth are found here; birds herons, cranes and ducks all fly over the earth. The earth extends upto this. Now is described the configuration of the earth. O Devarsi! At the lower part of this earth there are seven places (caves or nether regions). Their diameter is one Ayuta Yoyanas. In all the seasons, all sorts of enjoyments can be had at these places. The first is Atala; the second is Vitala. Next come in order:-- Sutala, Talâtala, Mahâtala. Rasâtala, and lastly (the seventh) the Pâtâla. O Vipra! Thus the seven holes or regions are reckoned. These are termed the Vila-Svargas and they yield the happinesses, greater than those of the Heavens. These are all filled with lovely amorous enjoyments, prosperity and happiness. They are crowded with gardens and Vihâras (the places of enjoyments). And these Vihâras are all decorated tastefully so as to furnish special tastes of enjoyments. The powerful Daityas, Dânavas, and Snakes enjoy here great happiness incessantly, united lovingly with their sons, wives and friends. The householders also pass their time in ease and enjoyments, surrounded by their friends and attendants. They are all Mâyâvis (Magicians) and their resolves are not thwarted; they are more than God in this respect and they are filled with desires. They all live with joy and in enjoyments and they find pleasure in all the seasons. Mâyâ, the Lord of Mâyâ had built separate cities, as he liked, in those nether regions. Besides he has created thousands of dwelling-houses, palaces, and town-gates, studded with gems and jewels.
The assembly halls, Chatvaras, and Chaityas are elaborately decorated and rare even to the Suras. The Nâgas and Asuras live in those houses with their consorts; doves and pigeons and female Mayinâ birds are hovering there. In those places many plots marked out artificially and excellent rows of palatial buildings of the Lords of those Vivaras adorn there. Very big gardens also exist there. All these cheer the minds; and, to add to their beauty, many places of fruits and flowers are close by, fit for the comfort and enjoyments of the ladies. The tanks and pools of water are crowded with various birds; the lakes are filled with clear waters and the Pâthîna fishes abound there. The aquatic animals move in the waters, violently agitating them. Various kinds of lotuses, Kumud, Utpala, Kahlâra, blue lotus, red lotus, are fully blown in these lakes or reservoirs of water. The gardens there are all overcrowded with the Vihâras of the inhabitants there and echoed with the sweet melodious music, pleasing to the senses. For there, these places seem to vie with the Heavens. No fear is there, whether during the day or during the night. The gems on the crest of snakes constantly illumine the environments and there is no darkness there at any time. The food there is prepared with the divine medicines and they drink and bathe with these medicinal plants; so no disease attacks them. Old age, fever, indigestion, paleness, sweats, bad smells, or loss of energy or any other source of trouble cannot trouble them. The people are always happy and good. Only they fear the Teja of the Bhagavân and His Sudars’an disc; and they fear nothing else. When the Teja of the Bhagavân enters, the women’s abortions take place.
Here ends the Eighteenth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the narrative of Râhu Mandalam in the Mahâpurânam S’rî Mad Devî Bhâgavatam of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyâsa.

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tato'dhastādyojanānāṃ śataṃ yāvad dvijottama |
pṛthivī parisaṅkhyātā suparṇaśyenasārasāḥ ||

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haṃsādayaḥ protpatanti pārthivāḥ pṛthivībhavāḥ |
bhūsanniveśāvasthānaṃ yathāvadupavarṇitam ||

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adhastādavaneḥ sapta devarṣe vivarāḥ smṛtāḥ |
ekaikaśo yojanānāmāyāmocchrāyataḥ punaḥ ||

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ayutāntaravikhyātāḥ sarvartusukhadāyakāḥ |
atalaṃ prathamaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ vitalaṃ tathā ||

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tṛtīyaṃ sutalaṃ proktaṃ caturthaṃ vai talātalam |
mahātalaṃ pañcamaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ proktaṃ rasātalam ||

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saptamaṃ vipra pātālaṃ saptaite vivarāḥ smṛtāḥ |
eteṣu bilasvargeṣu divo'pyadhikameva ca ||

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kāmabhogaiśvaryasukhasamṛddhabhuvaneṣu ca |
nityodyānavihāreṣu sukhāsvādaḥ pravartate ||

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daityāśca kādraveyāśca dānavā balaśālinaḥ |
nityapramuditā raktāḥ kalatrāpatyabandhubhiḥ ||

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suhṛdbhiranujīvādyaiḥ saṃyutāśca gṛheśvarāḥ |
īśvarādapratihatakāmā māyāvinaśca te ||

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nivasanti sadā hṛṣṭāḥ sarvartusukhasaṃyutāḥ |
mayena māyāvibhunā yeṣu yeṣu ca nirmitāḥ ||

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puraḥ prakāmaśo bhaktā maṇipravaraśālinaḥ |
vicitrabhavanāṭṭālagopurādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

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sabhācatvaracaityādiśobhāḍhyāḥ suradurlabhāḥ |
nāgāsurāṇāṃ mithunaiḥ sapārāvatasārikaiḥ ||

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kīrṇakṛtrimabhūmiśca vivareśagṛhottamaiḥ |
alaṅkṛtāścakāsanti udyānāni mahānti ca ||

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manaḥprasannakārīṇi phalapuṣpaviśālibhiḥ |
lalanānāṃ vilāsārhasthānaiḥ śobhitabhāñji ca ||

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nānāvihaṅgamavrātasaṃyuktajalarāśibhiḥ |
svacchārṇapūritahradaiḥ pāṭhīnasamalaṅkṛtaiḥ ||

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jalajantukṣubdhanīranīrajātairanekaśaḥ |
kumudotpalakahlāranīlaraktotpalaistathā ||

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teṣu kṛtaniketānāṃ vihāraiḥ saṅkulāni ca |
indriyotsavakāraiśca tathaiva vividhaiḥ svaraiḥ ||

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amarāṇāṃ ca paramāṃ śriyaṃ cātiśayanti ca |
yatra naiva bhayaṃ kvāpi kālāṅgairdinarātribhiḥ ||

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yatrāhipravarāṇāṃ ca śiraḥsthairmaṇiraśmibhiḥ |
nityaṃ tamaḥ prabādhyeta sadā prasphuṭakāntibhiḥ ||

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na vā eteṣu vasatāṃ divyauṣadhirasāyanaiḥ |
rasānnapānasnānādyairnādhayo na ca vyādhayaḥ ||

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valīpalitajīrṇatvavaivarṇyasvedagandhatāḥ |
anutsāhavayo'vasthā na bādhante kadācana ||

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kalyāṇānāṃ sadā teṣāṃ na ca mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ |
bhagavattejaso'nyatra cakrāccaiva sudarśanāt ||

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yasminpraviṣṭe daiteyavadhūnāṃ garbharāśayaḥ |
prāyo bhayātpatantyeva sravanti brahmaputraka ||

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iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe rāhumaṇḍalādyavasthānavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||