Agni Purana — Chapter 203

AgP 203.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पुष्पाध्यायो नाम द्व्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२०३} :श् अथ त्र्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः नरकस्वरूपम् अग्निर् उवाच पुष्पाद्यैः पूजनाद्विष्णोर् न याति नरकान्दवे आयुषो ऽन्ते नरः प्राणैरनिच्छन्नपि मुच्यते

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe puṣpādhyāyo nāma dvyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {203} :ś atha tryadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ narakasvarūpam agnir uvāca puṣpādyaiḥ pūjanādviṣṇor na yāti narakāndave āyuṣo 'nte naraḥ prāṇairanicchannapi mucyate

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the chapter called 'On Flowers', the two-hundred-and-second chapter. Now the two-hundred-and-third chapter: the nature of hell. Agni said: By worshipping Viṣṇu with flowers and the rest one does not go to the hells. At the end of his lifespan a man is released from his vital breaths even against his will.

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AgP 203.2

जलमग्निर्विषं शस्त्रं क्षुद्व्याधिः पतनं गिरेः निमित्तं किञ्चिदासाद्य देही प्राणैर्विमुच्यते

jalamagnirviṣaṃ śastraṃ kṣudvyādhiḥ patanaṃ gireḥ nimittaṃ kiñcidāsādya dehī prāṇairvimucyate

Water, fire, poison, a weapon, hunger, disease, a fall from a mountain — having met with some such occasion, the embodied one is released from his vital breaths.

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AgP 203.3

अन्यच्छरीरमादत्ते यातनीयं स्वकर्मभिः भुङ्क्ते ऽथ पापकृत् दुःखं सुखं धर्माय सङ्गतः

anyaccharīramādatte yātanīyaṃ svakarmabhiḥ bhuṅkte 'tha pāpakṛt duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ dharmāya saṅgataḥ

He takes on another body, one to be tormented in accordance with his own deeds; and then the doer of evil experiences suffering, while one attached to righteousness (experiences) pleasure.

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AgP 203.4

नीयते यमदूतैस्तु यमं प्राणिभयङ्करैः कुपथे दक्षिणद्वारि धर्मिकः पश्चिमादिभिः

nīyate yamadūtaistu yamaṃ prāṇibhayaṅkaraiḥ kupathe dakṣiṇadvāri dharmikaḥ paścimādibhiḥ

He is led by Yama's messengers, terrifying to living beings, to Yama, by an evil road, at the southern gate; but the righteous man (is led) by the western and other (gates).

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AgP 203.5

यमाज्ञप्तैः किङ्करैस्तु पात्यते नरकेषु च(२) :न् १ आसनं मूर्तिषोढाङ्गमिति ख॥ २ पात्यते नरकेष्वपि इति ख॥ । पात्यते नरके सदा इति ङ॥ ।पीड्यते नरके ऽधुनेति घ॥ , छ॥ च :प् २४३ स्वर्गे तु नीयते धर्माद् वसिष्ठाद्युक्तिसंश्रयात्

yamājñaptaiḥ kiṅkaraistu pātyate narakeṣu ca(2) :n 1 āsanaṃ mūrtiṣoḍhāṅgamiti kha.. 2 pātyate narakeṣvapi iti kha.. / pātyate narake sadā iti ṅa.. /pīḍyate narake 'dhuneti gha.. , cha.. ca :p 243 svarge tu nīyate dharmād vasiṣṭhādyuktisaṃśrayāt

And by the servants commanded by Yama he is cast down into the hells; but by virtue he is led to heaven, on the authority of the statements of Vasiṣṭha and others.

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AgP 203.6

गोघाती तु महावीच्यां वर्षलक्षन्तु पीड्यते आमकुम्भे महादीप्ते ब्रह्महा भूमिहारकः

goghātī tu mahāvīcyāṃ varṣalakṣantu pīḍyate āmakumbhe mahādīpte brahmahā bhūmihārakaḥ

The cow-killer is tormented in Mahāvīcī for a hundred thousand years; the killer of a brahmin and the stealer of land (are tormented) in the blazing Āmakumbha.

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AgP 203.7

महाप्रलयकं यावद्रौरवे पीड्यते शनैः स्त्रीबालवृद्धहन्ता तु यावदिन्द्राश् चतुर्दश

mahāpralayakaṃ yāvadraurave pīḍyate śanaiḥ strībālavṛddhahantā tu yāvadindrāś caturdaśa

He is slowly tormented in Raurava until the great dissolution; but the killer of women, children and the aged (is tormented) for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).

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AgP 203.8

महारौरवके रौद्रे गृहक्षेत्रादिदीपकः दह्यते कल्पमेकं स चौरस्तामिस्रके पतेत्

mahārauravake raudre gṛhakṣetrādidīpakaḥ dahyate kalpamekaṃ sa caurastāmisrake patet

He who sets fire to houses, fields and the like burns in the fierce Mahāraurava for one kalpa; the thief falls into Tāmisra.

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AgP 203.9

नैककल्पन्तु शूलाद्यैर्भिद्यते यमकिङ्करैः महातामिस्रके सर्पजलौकाद्यैश् च पीड्यते

naikakalpantu śūlādyairbhidyate yamakiṅkaraiḥ mahātāmisrake sarpajalaukādyaiś ca pīḍyate

For many a kalpa he is pierced by Yama's servants with spears and the like; and in Mahātāmisra he is tormented by snakes, leeches and the like.

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AgP 203.10

यावद्भूमिर्मातृहाद्या असिपत्रवने ऽसिभिः(१) नैककल्पन्तु नरके करम्भवालुकासु च

yāvadbhūmirmātṛhādyā asipatravane 'sibhiḥ(1) naikakalpantu narake karambhavālukāsu ca

The killer of his mother and the like (is tormented) with swords in Asipatravana for as long as the earth (endures); and for many a kalpa in the hell of Karambhavālukā (hot gravel-sand).

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AgP 203.11

येन दग्धो जनस्तत्र दह्यते वालुकादिभिः काकोले कृमिविष्ठाशी एकाकी मिष्टभोजनः

yena dagdho janastatra dahyate vālukādibhiḥ kākole kṛmiviṣṭhāśī ekākī miṣṭabhojanaḥ

He by whom a person was burnt is there burnt with sand and the like; the one who eats alone and eats sweet food (is made) an eater of worms and excrement in Kākola.

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AgP 203.12

कुट्टले मूत्ररक्ताशी पञ्चयज्ञक्रियोज्झितः सुदुर्गन्धे रक्तभोजी भवेच्चाभक्ष्यभक्ष्यकः

kuṭṭale mūtraraktāśī pañcayajñakriyojjhitaḥ sudurgandhe raktabhojī bhaveccābhakṣyabhakṣyakaḥ

He who has abandoned the performance of the five sacrifices (becomes) an eater of urine and blood in Kuṭṭala; and he who eats forbidden food becomes an eater of blood in Sudurgandha.

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AgP 203.13

तैलपाके तु तिलवत् पीड्यते परपीडकः तैलपाके तु पच्येत शरणागतघातकः

tailapāke tu tilavat pīḍyate parapīḍakaḥ tailapāke tu pacyeta śaraṇāgataghātakaḥ

He who torments others is pressed like a sesame seed in Tailapāka; and the killer of one who has come for refuge is boiled in Tailapāka.

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AgP 203.14

निरुच्छासे दाननाशी रसविक्रयको ऽध्वरे नाम्ना वज्रकवाटेन महापाते तदानृती

nirucchāse dānanāśī rasavikrayako 'dhvare nāmnā vajrakavāṭena mahāpāte tadānṛtī

He who destroys a gift and he who sells (soma) juice (go) to Nirucchvāsa; the sacrificeless one and the liar (go) to Mahāpāta with the gate called Vajra.

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AgP 203.15

महाज्वाले पापबुद्धिः क्रकचे ऽगम्यगामिनः सङ्करी गुडपाके च(२) प्रतुदेत् परमर्मनुत्

mahājvāle pāpabuddhiḥ krakace 'gamyagāminaḥ saṅkarī guḍapāke ca(2) pratudet paramarmanut

The evil-minded one (is punished) in Mahājvāla, those who go to forbidden women in Krakaca; the mixer of castes in Guḍapāka; and he who cuts another's vital parts is pierced.

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AgP 203.16

:न् १ असिपत्रवने ऽग्निभिरिति ङ॥ २ गुरुपाके चेति ख॥ , ज॥ च :प् २४४ क्षारह्रदे(१) प्राणिहन्ता क्षुरधारे च भूमिहृत् अम्बरीषे गोस्वर्णहृद् द्रुमच्छिद्वज्रशस्त्रके

:n 1 asipatravane 'gnibhiriti ṅa.. 2 gurupāke ceti kha.. , ja.. ca :p 244 kṣārahrade(1) prāṇihantā kṣuradhāre ca bhūmihṛt ambarīṣe gosvarṇahṛd drumacchidvajraśastrake

The killer of living beings (is punished) in Kṣārahrada, the stealer of land in Kṣuradhāra, the stealer of cows and gold in Ambarīṣa, and the cutter of trees in Vajraśastraka.

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AgP 203.17

मधुहर्ता परीतापे कालसूत्रे परार्थहृत् कश्मले ऽत्यन्तमांसाशी उग्रगन्धे ह्य् अपिण्डदः

madhuhartā parītāpe kālasūtre parārthahṛt kaśmale 'tyantamāṃsāśī ugragandhe hy apiṇḍadaḥ

The stealer of honey (is punished) in Parītāpa, the stealer of another's property in Kālasūtra, the excessive eater of flesh in Kaśmala, and he who gives no funeral offerings in Ugragandha.

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AgP 203.18

दुर्धरे तु काचभक्षी वन्दिग्राहरताश् च ये मञ्जुषे नरके लोहे ऽप्रतिष्ठे श्रुतिनिन्दकः

durdhare tu kācabhakṣī vandigrāharatāś ca ye mañjuṣe narake lohe 'pratiṣṭhe śrutinindakaḥ

In Durdhara the eater of glass, and those who delight in taking captives; the reviler of scripture (goes) to the iron hell Mañjuṣā and to Apratiṣṭha.

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AgP 203.19

पूतिवक्त्रे कूटसाक्षी परिलुण्ठे धनापहा बालस्त्रीवृद्धघाती च कराले ब्राह्मणार्तिकृत्

pūtivaktre kūṭasākṣī pariluṇṭhe dhanāpahā bālastrīvṛddhaghātī ca karāle brāhmaṇārtikṛt

In Pūtivaktra ("Foul-mouth") the false witness; in Pariluṇṭha the robber of wealth; and in Karāla the killer of children, women and the aged, and he who causes injury to brahmins.

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AgP 203.20

विलेपे मद्यपो विप्रो महाताम्रे तु मेदिनः(२) ॥२०

vilepe madyapo vipro mahātāmre tu medinaḥ(2) //20

In Vilepa the brahmin who drinks liquor; and in Mahātāmra those (who seize) land. (20)

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AgP 203.21

तथाक्रम्य पारदारान् ज्वलन्तीमायसीं शिलां शाल्मलाख्ये तमालिङ्गेन् नारी बहुनरङ्गमा

tathākramya pāradārān jvalantīmāyasīṃ śilāṃ śālmalākhye tamāliṅgen nārī bahunaraṅgamā

Likewise, he who has approached the wives of others must embrace a blazing iron slab in (the hell) called Śālmala, and so too the woman who has gone with many men.

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AgP 203.22

आस्फोटजिह्वोद्धरणं स्त्रीक्षणान् नेत्रभेदनं अङ्गारराशौ क्षिप्यन्ते मातृपुत्र्यादिगामिनः

āsphoṭajihvoddharaṇaṃ strīkṣaṇān netrabhedanaṃ aṅgārarāśau kṣipyante mātṛputryādigāminaḥ

Beating and the tearing out of the tongue; for gazing at (others') women, the piercing of the eyes; those who go with their mother, daughter and the like are flung onto a heap of live coals.

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AgP 203.23

चौराः क्षुरैश् च भिद्यन्ते स्वमांसाशी च मांसभुक् मासोपवासकर्ता वै न याति नरकन्नरः

caurāḥ kṣuraiś ca bhidyante svamāṃsāśī ca māṃsabhuk māsopavāsakartā vai na yāti narakannaraḥ

Thieves are cut up with razors, and the eater of meat eats his own flesh; but the man who performs the month-long fast does not go to hell.

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AgP 203.24

एकादशीव्रतकरो भीष्मपञ्चकसद् व्रती

ekādaśīvratakaro bhīṣmapañcakasad vratī

(Nor) he who performs the ekādaśī observance, (nor) he who duly keeps the Bhīṣmapañcaka vow.

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