Verse 1

अथ दुःखपरीतात्मा हरिणा हतदानवे ।प्रह्लादश्चिन्तयामास मौनी पातालकोटरे

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, with the dānavas slain by Hari, Prahlāda — his very self engulfed in sorrow — fell silent, and pondered there in the hollow of Pātāla.