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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 26]
Pātālaloka are other planets, known as Narakaloka, or the hellish planets. At the bottom of the universe lies the Garbhodaka Ocean. Therefore the hellish planets lie between Pātālaloka and the Garbhodaka Ocean.
TEXT 6
यत्र ह वाव भगवान् पितृराजो वैवस्वतः स्वविषयं प्रापितेषु स्वपुरुषैर्जन्तुषु सम्परेतेषु यथाकर्मावद्यं दोषमेवानुलङ्घितभगवच्छासनः सगणो दमं धारयति ॥ ६ ॥
yatra ha vāva bhagavān pitṛ-rājo vaivasvataḥ sva-viṣayam prāpiteṣu sva-puruṣair jantuṣu sampareteṣu yathā-karmāvadyam doṣam evānullanghita-bhagavac-chāsanaḥ sagaṇo damam dhārayati.
yatra—where; ha vāva—indeed; bhagavān—the most powerful; pitṛ-rājaḥ—Yamarāja, the king of the pitās; vaivasvataḥ—the son of the sun-god; sva-viṣayam—his own kingdom; prāpiteṣu—when caused to reach; sva-puruṣaiḥ—by his own messengers; jantuṣu—the human beings; sampareteṣu—dead; yathā-karma-avadyam—according to how much they have violated the rules and regulations of conditional life; doṣam—the fault; eva—certainly; anullanghita-bhagavat-śāsanaḥ—who never oversteps the Supreme Personality of Godhead's order; sagaṇaḥ—along with his followers; damam—punishment; dhārayati—executes.
TRANSLATION
The King of the pitās is Yamarāja, the very powerful son of the sun-god. He resides in Pitṛloka with his personal assistants and, while abiding by the rules and regulations set down by the Supreme Lord, has his agents, the Yamadūtas, bring all the sinful men to him immediately upon their death. After bringing them within his jurisdiction, he properly judges them according to their specific sinful activities and sends them to one of the many hellish planets for suitable punishments.