Agni Purana — Chapter 370
AgP 370.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे शरीरावयवा नामो न सप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३७०} :श् अथसप्रत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः नरकनिरूपणम् अग्निर् उवाच उक्तानि यममार्गाणि वक्ष्ये ऽथ मरणे नृणां ऊष्मा प्रकुपितः काये तीव्रवायुसमीरितः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe śarīrāvayavā nāmo na saptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {370} :ś athasapratyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ narakanirūpaṇam agnir uvāca uktāni yamamārgāṇi vakṣye 'tha maraṇe nṛṇāṃ ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the three-hundred-sixty-ninth chapter, called "The Parts of the Body." — Now the three-hundred-seventieth chapter: The Description of the Hells. Agni said: The paths of Yama have been told; now I shall speak of the death of men. The heat in the body, becoming agitated, driven by a fierce wind,
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AgP 370.2
शरीरमुपरुध्याथ कृत्स्नान्दोषान्रुणद्धि वै छिनत्ति प्राणस्थानानि पुनर्मर्माणि चैव हि
śarīramuparudhyātha kṛtsnāndoṣānruṇaddhi vai chinatti prāṇasthānāni punarmarmāṇi caiva hi
having obstructed the body, blocks up all the humours, and cuts off the seats of the vital breath and the vital points as well.
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AgP 370.3
शैत्यात् प्रकुपितो वायुश्छिद्रमन्विष्यते ततः द्वे नेत्रे द्वौ तथा कर्णौ द्वौ तु नासापुटौ तथा
śaityāt prakupito vāyuśchidramanviṣyate tataḥ dve netre dvau tathā karṇau dvau tu nāsāpuṭau tathā
Then the wind, agitated by the cold, seeks an opening: the two eyes, the two ears, and the two nostrils,
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AgP 370.4
ऊर्ध्वन्तु सप्त च्छिद्राणि अष्टमं वदनं तथा एतैः प्राणो विनिर्याति प्रायशः शुभकर्मणां
ūrdhvantu sapta cchidrāṇi aṣṭamaṃ vadanaṃ tathā etaiḥ prāṇo viniryāti prāyaśaḥ śubhakarmaṇāṃ
— above there are seven openings, and the mouth is the eighth. Through these the vital breath departs, generally, in the case of those of good deeds.
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AgP 370.5
अधः पायुरुपस्थञ्च अनेनाशुभकारिणां :न् १ पिण्डं कृत्वा तुव्न्यसेदिति ञ॥ :प् ३१० मूर्धानं योगिनो भित्त्वा जीवो यात्यथ चेच्छया
adhaḥ pāyurupasthañca anenāśubhakāriṇāṃ :n 1 piṇḍaṃ kṛtvā tuvnyasediti ña.. :p 310 mūrdhānaṃ yogino bhittvā jīvo yātyatha cecchayā
Below (are) the anus and the genital organ; through these (it departs) in the case of doers of evil. Yogins, on the other hand, having broken through the crown of the head, the soul goes forth at will.
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AgP 370.6
अन्तकाले तु सम्प्राप्रे प्राणे ऽपानमुपस्थिते तमसा संवृते ज्ञाने संवृतेषु च मर्मसु
antakāle tu samprāpre prāṇe 'pānamupasthite tamasā saṃvṛte jñāne saṃvṛteṣu ca marmasu
But when the final hour has arrived, when the outbreath has settled upon the inbreath, when knowledge is enveloped in darkness and the vital points are closed up,
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AgP 370.7
स जिवो नाभ्यधिष्टानश्चाल्यते मातरिश्वना बाध्यमाणश्चानयते अष्टाङ्गाः प्राणवृत्तिकाः
sa jivo nābhyadhiṣṭānaścālyate mātariśvanā bādhyamāṇaścānayate aṣṭāṅgāḥ prāṇavṛttikāḥ
that soul, seated in the navel, is set in motion by the wind; and, being pressed, it brings (with it) the eight members that constitute the vital functions.
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AgP 370.8
च्यवन्तं जायमानं वा प्रविशन्तञ्च योनिषु प्रपश्यन्ति च तं सिद्धा देवा दिव्येन चक्षुपा
cyavantaṃ jāyamānaṃ vā praviśantañca yoniṣu prapaśyanti ca taṃ siddhā devā divyena cakṣupā
And the Siddhas and gods see it with divine eye as it falls away, as it is born, and as it enters into wombs.
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AgP 370.9
गृह्णाति तत्क्षणाद्योगे शरीरञ्चातिवाहिकम् आकाशवायुतेजांसि विग्रहादूर्ध्वगामिनः
gṛhṇāti tatkṣaṇādyoge śarīrañcātivāhikam ākāśavāyutejāṃsi vigrahādūrdhvagāminaḥ
In that very instant, at the (moment of) union, it takes on the body that carries it onward: ether, wind and fire (belong) to one who goes upward from the (dead) body,
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AgP 370.10
जलं मही च पञ्चत्वमापन्नः पुरुषः स्मृतः आतिवाहिकदेहन्तु यमदूता नयन्ति तं
jalaṃ mahī ca pañcatvamāpannaḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ ātivāhikadehantu yamadūtā nayanti taṃ
and water and earth (as well). The person (who has died) is said to have gone to the state of the five (elements). The messengers of Yama lead him on in the body that carries him onward,
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AgP 370.11
याम्यं मार्गं महाघोरं षडशीतिसहस्रकम् अन्नोदकं नीयमानो बान्धवैर् दत्तमश्नुते
yāmyaṃ mārgaṃ mahāghoraṃ ṣaḍaśītisahasrakam annodakaṃ nīyamāno bāndhavair dattamaśnute
along Yama's path, terribly frightful, eighty-six thousand (leagues long). While being led, he consumes the food and water given by his kinsmen.
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AgP 370.12
यमं दृष्ट्वा यमोक्तेन चित्रगुप्तेन चेरितान् प्राप्नोति नरकान्रौद्रान्धर्मी शुभपथैर् दिवम्
yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamoktena citraguptena ceritān prāpnoti narakānraudrāndharmī śubhapathair divam
Having seen Yama, (he obtains) the (retributions) proclaimed by Citragupta at Yama's command; the sinner obtains the dreadful hells, while the righteous man (obtains) heaven by auspicious paths.
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AgP 370.13
भुज्यन्ते पापिभिर्वक्ष्ये नरकांस्ताश् च यातनाः अष्टाविंशतिरेवाधःक्षितेर्नरककोटयः
bhujyante pāpibhirvakṣye narakāṃstāś ca yātanāḥ aṣṭāviṃśatirevādhaḥkṣiternarakakoṭayaḥ
(These) are experienced by sinners; I shall describe those hells and those torments. Below the earth there are just twenty-eight crores of hells.
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AgP 370.14
सप्तमस्य तलस्यान्ते घोरे तमसि संस्थिताः घोराख्या प्रथमाकोटिः सुघोरा तदधःस्थिता
saptamasya talasyānte ghore tamasi saṃsthitāḥ ghorākhyā prathamākoṭiḥ sughorā tadadhaḥsthitā
At the end of the seventh level, situated in dreadful darkness, the first crore is called Ghorā ("Dreadful"); below it is situated Sughorā ("Very Dreadful").
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AgP 370.15
अतिघोरा महाघोरा घोररूपा च पञ्चमी षष्ठी तरलताराख्या सप्तमी च भयानका
atighorā mahāghorā ghorarūpā ca pañcamī ṣaṣṭhī taralatārākhyā saptamī ca bhayānakā
Atighorā, Mahāghorā, and Ghorarūpā the fifth, the sixth named Taralatārā, and the seventh Bhayānakā.
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AgP 370.16
भयोत्कटा कालरात्री महाचण्डा च चण्डया कोलाहला प्रचण्डाख्या पद्मा नरकनायिका
bhayotkaṭā kālarātrī mahācaṇḍā ca caṇḍayā kolāhalā pracaṇḍākhyā padmā narakanāyikā
Bhayotkaṭā, Kālarātrī, and Mahācaṇḍā with Caṇḍā, Kolāhalā, the one named Pracaṇḍā, (and) Padmā, the mistress of hell.
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AgP 370.17
:प् ३११ पद्मावती भीषणा च भीमा चैव करालिका विकराला महावज्रा त्रिकोणा पञ्चकोणिका
:p 311 padmāvatī bhīṣaṇā ca bhīmā caiva karālikā vikarālā mahāvajrā trikoṇā pañcakoṇikā
Padmāvatī, and Bhīṣaṇā, and Bhīmā, Karālikā, Vikarālā, Mahāvajrā, Trikoṇā, Pañcakoṇikā.
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AgP 370.18
सदीर्घा वर्तुला सप्तभूमा चैव सुभूमिका दीप्तमायाष्टाविंशतयः कोटयः पापिदुःखदाः
sadīrghā vartulā saptabhūmā caiva subhūmikā dīptamāyāṣṭāviṃśatayaḥ koṭayaḥ pāpiduḥkhadāḥ
Sadīrghā, Vartulā, Saptabhūmā, and Subhūmikā, (and) Dīptamāyā — (these are) the twenty-eight crores that give pain to sinners.
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AgP 370.19
अष्टाविंशतिकोटीनां पञ्च पञ्च च नायकाः रौरवाद्याः शतञ्चैकं चत्वारिंशच्चतुष्टयं
aṣṭāviṃśatikoṭīnāṃ pañca pañca ca nāyakāḥ rauravādyāḥ śatañcaikaṃ catvāriṃśaccatuṣṭayaṃ
Of the twenty-eight crores there are five and five chiefs, Raurava and the rest — one hundred and forty-four (in all)?
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AgP 370.20
तामिश्रमन्धतामिश्रं महारौरवरौरवौ असिपत्रं वनञ्चैव लोहभारं तथैव च
tāmiśramandhatāmiśraṃ mahārauravarauravau asipatraṃ vanañcaiva lohabhāraṃ tathaiva ca
Tāmiśra, Andhatāmiśra, Mahāraurava and Raurava, Asipatra and Vana, and likewise Lohabhāra,
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AgP 370.21
नरकं कालसूत्रञ्च महानरकमेव व सञ्जीवनं महावीचि तपनं सम्प्रतापनं
narakaṃ kālasūtrañca mahānarakameva va sañjīvanaṃ mahāvīci tapanaṃ sampratāpanaṃ
Naraka and Kālasūtra, and Mahānaraka too, Sañjīvana, Mahāvīci, Tapana, Sampratāpana,
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AgP 370.22
सङ्घातञ्च सकाकोलं कुद्मलं पूतिमृत्तिकं लोहशङ्कुमृजीषञ्च प्रधानं शाल्मलीं नदीम्
saṅghātañca sakākolaṃ kudmalaṃ pūtimṛttikaṃ lohaśaṅkumṛjīṣañca pradhānaṃ śālmalīṃ nadīm
and Saṅghāta, with Kākola, Kudmala, Pūtimṛttika, Lohaśaṅku and Mṛjīṣa, Pradhāna, (and) the river Śālmalī.
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AgP 370.23
नरकान्विद्धि कोटीशनागन्वै घोरदर्शनान् पात्यन्ते पापकर्माण एकैकस्मिन्बहुष्वपि
narakānviddhi koṭīśanāganvai ghoradarśanān pātyante pāpakarmāṇa ekaikasminbahuṣvapi
Know that the hells, terrible to look upon, (number) many crores; those of sinful deeds are cast down into each single one, and into many as well.
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AgP 370.24
मार्जारोलूकगोमायुगृघ्रादिवदनाश् च ते तैलद्रोण्यां नरं क्षिप्त्वा ज्वालयन्ति हुताशनं
mārjārolūkagomāyugṛghrādivadanāś ca te tailadroṇyāṃ naraṃ kṣiptvā jvālayanti hutāśanaṃ
And they (the hell-servants) have faces of cats, owls, jackals, vultures and the like; having thrown a man into a vat of oil, they light the fire (under it).
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AgP 370.25
अम्बरीषेषु चैवान्यांस्ताम्रपात्रेषु चापरान् अयःपात्रेषु चैवान्यान् बहुवह्निकणेषु च
ambarīṣeṣu caivānyāṃstāmrapātreṣu cāparān ayaḥpātreṣu caivānyān bahuvahnikaṇeṣu ca
And others in frying-pans, and others in copper vessels, and others in iron vessels, and in many sparks of fire.
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AgP 370.26
शूलाग्रारोपिताश्चान्ये छिद्यन्ते नरके ऽपरे ताड्यन्ते च कशाभिस्तु भोज्यन्ते चाप्ययोगुडान्
śūlāgrāropitāścānye chidyante narake 'pare tāḍyante ca kaśābhistu bhojyante cāpyayoguḍān
And others are impaled on the points of stakes, and others are cut to pieces in hell, and are beaten with whips, and are made to eat balls of iron.
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AgP 370.27
यमदूतैर् नराः पांशून्विष्ठारक्तकफादिकान् तप्तं मद्यं पाययन्ति पाटयन्ति पुनर्नरान्
yamadūtair narāḥ pāṃśūnviṣṭhāraktakaphādikān taptaṃ madyaṃ pāyayanti pāṭayanti punarnarān
By Yama's messengers men are made to drink dust, excrement, blood, phlegm and the like, and heated liquor; and again they tear the men apart.
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AgP 370.28
यन्त्रेषु पीडयन्ति स्म भक्ष्यन्ते वायसादिभिः :प् ३१२ तैलेनोष्णेन सिच्यन्ते छिद्यन्ते नैकघा शिरः
yantreṣu pīḍayanti sma bhakṣyante vāyasādibhiḥ :p 312 tailenoṣṇena sicyante chidyante naikaghā śiraḥ
They crushed (them) in presses; they are devoured by crows and the like; they are drenched with hot oil; their heads are cut off, not just once.
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AgP 370.29
हा तातेति क्रन्दमानाः स्वकन्निदन्ति कर्म ते महापातकजान्घोरान्नरकान्प्राप्य गर्हितान्
hā tāteti krandamānāḥ svakannidanti karma te mahāpātakajānghorānnarakānprāpya garhitān
Crying "Alas, father!" they blame their own deeds, having reached the dreadful, despised hells produced by the great sins.
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AgP 370.30
कर्मक्षयात्प्रजायन्ते महापातकिनस्त्विह मृगश्वशूकरोष्ट्राणां ब्रह्महा योनिमृच्छति
karmakṣayātprajāyante mahāpātakinastviha mṛgaśvaśūkaroṣṭrāṇāṃ brahmahā yonimṛcchati
When (their) karma is exhausted the great sinners are born here (again): the killer of a brahmin goes to the womb of deer, dogs, boars and camels;
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AgP 370.31
खरपुक्कशम्लेच्छानां मद्यपः स्वर्णहार्यपि कृमिकीटपतङ्गत्वं गुरुगस्तृणगुल्मतां
kharapukkaśamlecchānāṃ madyapaḥ svarṇahāryapi kṛmikīṭapataṅgatvaṃ gurugastṛṇagulmatāṃ
the drinker of liquor (to the wombs) of donkeys, Pukkasas and Mlecchas; the stealer of gold too (attains) the state of worms, insects and moths; he who goes to his guru's wife (attains) the state of grass and bushes.
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AgP 370.32
ब्रह्महा क्षयरोगी स्यात् सुरापः श्यावदन्तकः स्वर्णहारी तु कुनखी दुश् चर्मा गुरुतल्पगः
brahmahā kṣayarogī syāt surāpaḥ śyāvadantakaḥ svarṇahārī tu kunakhī duś carmā gurutalpagaḥ
The killer of a brahmin becomes consumptive; the drinker of liquor, black-toothed; the stealer of gold, diseased of nail; he who goes to his guru's bed, of bad skin.
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AgP 370.33
यो येन संस्पृशत्येषां स तल्लिङ्गो ऽभिजायते अन्नहर्ता मायावी स्यान्मूको वागपहारकः
yo yena saṃspṛśatyeṣāṃ sa talliṅgo 'bhijāyate annahartā māyāvī syānmūko vāgapahārakaḥ
Whichever of these (sins) a man is in contact with, he is born marked with the sign of that. One who steals food becomes deceitful; one who steals speech becomes mute.
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AgP 370.34
धान्यं हृत्वातिरिक्ताङ्गः पिशुनः पूतिनासिकः तैलहृत्तैलपायी स्यात् पूतिवक्त्रस्तु सूचकः
dhānyaṃ hṛtvātiriktāṅgaḥ piśunaḥ pūtināsikaḥ tailahṛttailapāyī syāt pūtivaktrastu sūcakaḥ
Having stolen grain, (one is born) with a superfluous limb; a slanderer becomes foul-nosed; a stealer of oil becomes an oil-drinker; and an informer becomes foul-mouthed.
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AgP 370.35
परस्य योषितं हृत्वा ब्रह्मस्वमपहृत्य च अरण्ये निर्जने देशे जायते ब्रह्मराक्षसः
parasya yoṣitaṃ hṛtvā brahmasvamapahṛtya ca araṇye nirjane deśe jāyate brahmarākṣasaḥ
Having carried off another man's wife and having stolen a brahmin's property, (a man) is born as a brahma-rākṣasa in a forest, in a deserted place.
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AgP 370.36
रत्नहारी हीनजातिर्गन्धान् छुछुन्दरी शुभान् पत्रं शाकं शिखी हृत्वा मुखरो धान्यहारकः
ratnahārī hīnajātirgandhān chuchundarī śubhān patraṃ śākaṃ śikhī hṛtvā mukharo dhānyahārakaḥ
One who steals jewels (is born) of low caste; (one who steals) perfumes, a musk-shrew; having stolen fine leaves and vegetables, a peacock; a stealer of grain (becomes) a chatterer.
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AgP 370.37
अजः पशुंपयः काको यानमुष्ट्रः(१) फलं कपिः मधु दंशः फलं गृध्रो गृहकाक उपस्करं
ajaḥ paśuṃpayaḥ kāko yānamuṣṭraḥ(1) phalaṃ kapiḥ madhu daṃśaḥ phalaṃ gṛdhro gṛhakāka upaskaraṃ
(One who steals) a goat becomes a beast; (one who steals) milk, a crow; (one who steals) a vehicle, a camel; fruit, a monkey; honey, a gadfly; fruit, a vulture; household utensils, a house-crow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 370.38
शिवत्री वस्त्रं सारसञ्च झल्ली लवणहारकः उक्त आध्यात्मिकस्तापः शस्त्राद्यैर् आधिभौतिकः
śivatrī vastraṃ sārasañca jhallī lavaṇahārakaḥ ukta ādhyātmikastāpaḥ śastrādyair ādhibhautikaḥ
(One who steals) a garment (becomes) a śivatrī; and a lavatory-thief a crane; a stealer of salt (becomes) a cricket. Thus has the affliction pertaining to oneself been stated; that caused by weapons and the like is the affliction from other beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 370.39
ग्रहाग्निदेवपीडाद्यैर् आधिकैविक ईरितः :न् १ यानं वस्त+इति ख॥ :प् ३१३ त्रिथा तापं हि संसारं ज्ञानयोगाद्विनाशयेत् कृच्छ्रैर् व्रतैश् च दानाद्यैर् विष्णुपूजादिभिर्नरः
grahāgnidevapīḍādyair ādhikaivika īritaḥ :n 1 yānaṃ vasta+iti kha.. :p 313 trithā tāpaṃ hi saṃsāraṃ jñānayogādvināśayet kṛcchrair vrataiś ca dānādyair viṣṇupūjādibhirnaraḥ
That (affliction) arising from planets, fire, the affliction of the gods, and so on, is called the divine (one). Indeed one should destroy the threefold affliction, which is the round of rebirth, by knowledge and yoga; and (so should) a man (destroy it) by penances, by vows, by gifts and the like, and by the worship of Viṣṇu and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain