Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 57

GaP 1 57.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५७ हरिरुवाच । सप्ततिस्तु सहस्राणि भूम्युच्छ्रायो ऽपि कथ्यते । दशसाहस्रमेकैकं पातालं वृषभध्वज

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 57 hariruvāca / saptatistu sahasrāṇi bhūmyucchrāyo 'pi kathyate / daśasāhasramekaikaṃ pātālaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja

Seventy thousand (yojanas) is said to be the extent of the earth's thickness; each single netherworld (pātāla) is ten thousand, O bull-bannered one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 57.2

अतलं वितलं चैव नितलं च गभस्तिमत् । महाख्यं सुतलं चाग्र्यं पातालं चापि सप्तमम्

atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva nitalaṃ ca gabhastimat / mahākhyaṃ sutalaṃ cāgryaṃ pātālaṃ cāpi saptamam

Atala, Vitala, Nitala, Gabhastimat, the one called Mahā, Sutala the chief, and Pātāla as the seventh.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 57.3

कृष्णा शुक्लारुणा पीता शर्करा शैलकाञ्चना । भूयस्तत्र दैतेया वसन्ति च भुजङ्गमाः

kṛṣṇā śuklāruṇā pītā śarkarā śailakāñcanā / bhūyastatra daiteyā vasanti ca bhujaṅgamāḥ

(Their soils are) black, white, red, yellow, gravelly, stony and golden; further, Daiteyas and serpents dwell there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 57.4

रौद्रे तु पुष्करद्वीपे नरकाः सन्ति ताञ्छृणु । रौरवः सूकरो रोधस्तालो विनशनस्तथा

raudre tu puṣkaradvīpe narakāḥ santi tāñchṛṇu / rauravaḥ sūkaro rodhastālo vinaśanastathā

In the terrible Puṣkara continent there are hells; hear (the names of) them: Raurava, Sūkara, Rodha, Tāla, and Vinaśana,

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GaP 1 57.5

महाज्वालस्तप्तकुम्भो लवणो ऽथि विमोहितः । रुधिराख्यो वैतरणी कृमिशः कृमिभो जनः

mahājvālastaptakumbho lavaṇo 'thi vimohitaḥ / rudhirākhyo vaitaraṇī kṛmiśaḥ kṛmibho janaḥ

Mahājvāla, Taptakumbha, Lavaṇa, Vimohita, the one called Rudhira, Vaitaraṇī, Kṛmiśa, Kṛmibhojana,

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GaP 1 57.6

असिपत्रवनः कृष्णो नानाभक्षश्च दारुणः । तथा पूयवहः पापो वह्निज्वालस्त्वधः शिराः

asipatravanaḥ kṛṣṇo nānābhakṣaśca dāruṇaḥ / tathā pūyavahaḥ pāpo vahnijvālastvadhaḥ śirāḥ

Asipatravana, Kṛṣṇa, Nānābhakṣa, Dāruṇa, likewise Pūyavaha, Pāpa, Vahnijvāla, and Adhaḥśirā,

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GaP 1 57.7

संदंशः कृष्णसूत्रश्च तमश्चावीचिरेव च । श्वभोजनो ऽथाप्रतिष्ठोष्णवीचिर्नरकाः स्मृताः

saṃdaṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasūtraśca tamaścāvīcireva ca / śvabhojano 'thāpratiṣṭhoṣṇavīcirnarakāḥ smṛtāḥ

Saṃdaṃśa, Kṛṣṇasūtra, Tamas, and Avīci, Śvabhojana, then Apratiṣṭha and Uṣṇavīci — these are recorded as the hells.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 57.8

पापिनस्तेषु पच्यन्ते विषशस्त्राग्निदायिनः । उपर्युपरि वै लोका रुद्र ! भूतादयः स्थिताः

pāpinasteṣu pacyante viṣaśastrāgnidāyinaḥ / uparyupari vai lokā rudra ! bhūtādayaḥ sthitāḥ

In them are cooked the sinners, those who administer poison, weapons and fire. And one above another, O Rudra, stand the worlds, (those) of the Bhūtas and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition