Living entities who are associates of Rudra develop in the third mode of material nature, or ignorance. They are situated in the sky between the earthly planets and the heavenly planets.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
तार्तीयेन स्वभावेन भगवन्नाभिमाश्रिताः । उभयोरन्तरं व्योम ये रुद्रपार्षदां गणाः
tārtīyena svabhāvena bhagavannābhimāśritāḥ | ubhayorantaraṃ vyoma ye rudrapārṣadāṃ gaṇāḥ
SB 3.6.29