Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1102

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NĀGALOKA. The world of the Nāgas or Pātāla. Vāsuki is its chief. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 127, Verse 60). There is a pond in Nāgaloka and a drink of its water bestows the strength of a thousand elephants. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 127, Verse 68). Pātāla is thousands of miles away from earth. Its area exceeds a thousand yojanas, and it is surrounded by magnificent forts studded with gems. The steps at the entrance of the fort are also decorated with gold and gems. There are beautiful gardens, fountains and singing birds in Pātāla. Its outer doors are hundred yojanas in length and five in width. (Aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 58, Verse 37).