Pitrloka is considered as the capital of Yama, from where Yama delivers his justice. The Hindu epics too agree that Naraka is located in the South, the direction which is governed by Yama and is often associated with Death. The Vishnu Purana mentions that it is located below the cosmic waters at the bottom of the universe. The Devi Bhagavata Purana mentions that Naraka is the southern part of universe, below the earth but above Patala. Yama, the Lord of Naraka, resides in this realm with his assistants. Pitrloka, where the dead ancestors ( Pitrs) headed by Agniṣvāttā reside, is also located in this region.

It is located in the South of the universe. The Bhagavata Purana describes Naraka as beneath the earth: between the seven realms of the underworld ( Patala) and the Garbhodaka Ocean, which is the bottom of the universe. After the quantum of punishment is over, the souls are reborn as lower or higher beings as per their merits (the exception being Hindu philosopher Madhvacharya, who believes in eternal damnation of the Tamo-yogyas in Andhantamas). The stay in Svarga or Naraka is generally described as temporary. After death, messengers of Yama called Yamadutas bring all beings to the court of Yama, where he weighs the virtues and the vices of the being and passes a judgement, sending the virtuous to Svarga (heaven) and the sinners to one of the hells. The number and names of hells, as well as the type of sinners sent to a particular hell, varies from text to text however, many scriptures describe 28 hells.

It is described as located in the south of the universe and beneath the earth. It is also the abode of Yama, the god of Death. Naraka ( Sanskrit: नरक), also called Yamaloka, is the Hindu equivalent of Hell, where sinners are tormented after death. Other panels depict various realms/hells of Naraka. The central panel portrays Yama, aided by Chitragupta and Yamadutas, judging the dead.

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