Bhagavatam 0305: The locations and dimensions of various planets
The Moon is situated 100,000 Yojanās (800,000 miles) above the Solar system.
The Moon is situated 100,000 Yojanās (800,000 miles) above the Solar system.
The planetary system which consists of myriads of stars and planets has been established in the sky in the form of a Śiśumāra (dolphin).
Pradyumnāya namah The 7 planetary systems that exist below earth are also God’s creations.
Pradyumnaya namah Below the nether world called Vitala is nether world Sutala.
Sankarśanāya namah Maharishi Śuka is explaining, “Below Mahātala is the nether region called Rasātala where the demons, who are sons of Diti and Danu, reside.
Pradyumnaya namah Maharishi Śuka continued, “Even a degraded or distressed person who chants His name accidently or jokingly is instantaneously cleansed of all his sins and is purified.
Pradyumnaya namah Maharishi Śuka continued, “In this life, animals or living entities towards whom he has acted violently, appear before the person in hell, when he is being punished for his sinful deeds, in the form of animals called rurus.
Maharishi Śuka continued, “O Parikshit, the person who steals gold, gems and other such precious metals or forcibly snatches them from Vedic scholars or from others will be thrown into hell called **Sandaṃśa **after death.
“In this world both in villages and in forests, people through various techniques attract innocent harmless animals and birds pretending to be their protectors, but then, after capturing the birds or animals they either kill them by piercing sharp knives into them or tie them with ropes displaying them like toys thus inflicting wounds upon them.