Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 114
PdP 6 114.1
श्रीकृष्णोवाच। ततो धनेश्वरं नीत्वा निरयान्प्रेतपोऽब्रवीत् । प्रदर्शयिष्यंस्तान्सर्वान्यमस्यानुचरस्तदा
śrīkṛṣṇovāca| tato dhaneśvaraṃ nītvā nirayānpretapo'bravīt | pradarśayiṣyaṃstānsarvānyamasyānucarastadā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Then, having led Dhaneśvara to the hells, the guardian of the dead, Yama's attendant, spoke, intending to show him all of them:
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PdP 6 114.2
प्रेतप उवाच। पश्येमान्निरयान्घोरान्धनेश्वर महाभयान् । येषु पापकरा नित्यं पच्यंते यमकिंकरैः
pretapa uvāca| paśyemānnirayānghorāndhaneśvara mahābhayān | yeṣu pāpakarā nityaṃ pacyaṃte yamakiṃkaraiḥ
The guardian of the dead said: Behold these dreadful, greatly terrifying hells, O Dhaneśvara, in which the doers of evil are constantly cooked by Yama's servants.
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PdP 6 114.3
तप्तवालुकनामायं निरयो घोरदर्शनः । यस्मिन्नेते दग्धदेहाः क्रंदंते पापकारिणः
taptavālukanāmāyaṃ nirayo ghoradarśanaḥ | yasminnete dagdhadehāḥ kraṃdaṃte pāpakāriṇaḥ
This hell, dreadful to look upon, is named Taptavāluka (Hot Sand), in which these evil-doers, their bodies scorched, cry out.
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PdP 6 114.4
अतिथीन्वैश्वदेवान्ते क्षुत्क्षामानागतान्गृहे । ये नार्चंति नरास्ते हि पच्यंते स्वेन कर्मणा
atithīnvaiśvadevānte kṣutkṣāmānāgatāngṛhe | ye nārcaṃti narāste hi pacyaṃte svena karmaṇā
Those men who do not honour guests who have come to the house at the end of the Vaiśvadeva rite, emaciated with hunger — they indeed are cooked by their own deed.
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PdP 6 114.5
गुर्वग्निब्राह्मणान्देवांस्तथा मूर्द्धाभिषिक्तकान् । ताडयंति पदा ये वै ते निर्दग्धांघ्रयस्त्विमे
gurvagnibrāhmaṇāndevāṃstathā mūrddhābhiṣiktakān | tāḍayaṃti padā ye vai te nirdagdhāṃghrayastvime
Those who strike with the foot teachers, fire, brahmins, gods, and consecrated kings — these are they whose feet are burnt away.
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PdP 6 114.6
षड्भेदस्त्वेषनिरयो नानापापैः प्रपद्यते । तथैव चांधतामिस्रो द्वितीयो निरयो महान्
ṣaḍbhedastveṣanirayo nānāpāpaiḥ prapadyate | tathaiva cāṃdhatāmisro dvitīyo nirayo mahān
This hell is of six kinds; it is entered by reason of various sins. And likewise Andhatāmisra is the second great hell.
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PdP 6 114.7
पश्य सूचीमुखैर्देहो भिद्यते पापकर्मणा । क्रिमिभिर्घोरवक्त्रैश्च तत्संपर्कागमैर्द्विज
paśya sūcīmukhairdeho bhidyate pāpakarmaṇā | krimibhirghoravaktraiśca tatsaṃparkāgamairdvija
See, the body of the evil-doer is split by needle-mouthed worms with terrible jaws, which come from that contact, O twice-born one.
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PdP 6 114.8
असावपि स्थितः षोढा श्वकाकमृगपक्षिभिः । परमर्मभिदो मर्त्याः पच्यंते तेषु पापिनः
asāvapi sthitaḥ ṣoḍhā śvakākamṛgapakṣibhiḥ | paramarmabhido martyāḥ pacyaṃte teṣu pāpinaḥ
This one too exists in six forms: mortal sinners who cut others' vital parts are cooked in them by dogs, crows, beasts and birds.
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PdP 6 114.9
तृतीयः क्रकचो ह्येष निरयो घोरदर्शनः । यत्रेमे क्रकचैर्मर्त्याः पाट्यंते पापकारिणः
tṛtīyaḥ krakaco hyeṣa nirayo ghoradarśanaḥ | yatreme krakacairmartyāḥ pāṭyaṃte pāpakāriṇaḥ
This third hell is Krakaca ("Saw"), terrible to look upon, where these evildoing mortals are sawn apart with saws.
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PdP 6 114.10
असिपत्रवनाद्यैस्तु षट्प्रकारो व्यवस्थितः । पत्नीपुत्रादिभिर्ये वै वियोगं कारयंति हि
asipatravanādyaistu ṣaṭprakāro vyavasthitaḥ | patnīputrādibhirye vai viyogaṃ kārayaṃti hi
And it is arranged in six kinds, with the sword-leaf forest and the rest, for those who bring about separation (of people) from wife, sons and the like,
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PdP 6 114.11
इष्टैरन्यैरपि परान्पच्यंते त इमे नराः । असिपत्रैश्छिद्यमाना छेदभीत्या पलायिताः
iṣṭairanyairapi parānpacyaṃte ta ime narāḥ | asipatraiśchidyamānā chedabhītyā palāyitāḥ
and (who separate) others from other dear ones too — these men are cooked (there), being cut by the sword-leaves, fleeing in fear of the cutting.
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PdP 6 114.12
पच्यंते पापिनः पश्य क्रंदमाना इतस्ततः । अर्गलाख्यो महाघोरश्चतुर्थो निरयो ह्ययम्
pacyaṃte pāpinaḥ paśya kraṃdamānā itastataḥ | argalākhyo mahāghoraścaturtho nirayo hyayam
Look at the sinners being cooked, screaming this way and that. And this is the fourth hell, the exceedingly terrible one called Argala ("Bolt").
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PdP 6 114.13
पश्य नानाविधैः पाशैराबध्य यमकिंकरैः । मुद्गराद्यैर्वध्यमानाः क्रंदंते ते च पापिनः
paśya nānāvidhaiḥ pāśairābadhya yamakiṃkaraiḥ | mudgarādyairvadhyamānāḥ kraṃdaṃte te ca pāpinaḥ
Look: bound with nooses of various kinds by Yama's servants and struck with mallets and the like, those sinners shriek.
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PdP 6 114.14
सज्जनान्ब्राह्मणाद्यांश्च विरुंधंतीह ये नराः । कंठग्रहाद्यैस्ते पापाः पच्यंते यमकिंकरैः
sajjanānbrāhmaṇādyāṃśca viruṃdhaṃtīha ye narāḥ | kaṃṭhagrahādyaiste pāpāḥ pacyaṃte yamakiṃkaraiḥ
Those men who here obstruct good people and brahmins and the rest — those sinners are cooked by Yama's servants with seizing by the throat and the like.
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PdP 6 114.15
असावपि हि षड्भेदो वधभेदादिभिः स्थितः । कूटशाल्मलिनामानं निरयं पश्य पंचमम्
asāvapi hi ṣaḍbhedo vadhabhedādibhiḥ sthitaḥ | kūṭaśālmalināmānaṃ nirayaṃ paśya paṃcamam
This one too stands with six divisions, by the divisions of killing and so forth. Now look at the fifth hell, named Kūṭaśālmali.
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PdP 6 114.16
यत्रांगारनिभा एते शाल्मल्याद्याः स्थिता द्विज । यत्र षोढा विपच्यंते यातनाभिरिमे नराः
yatrāṃgāranibhā ete śālmalyādyāḥ sthitā dvija | yatra ṣoḍhā vipacyaṃte yātanābhirime narāḥ
Where these silk-cotton trees and the rest stand like glowing coals, O twice-born, where these men are cooked in six ways by the torments —
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PdP 6 114.17
परदारा परद्रव्य परद्रोह रताः सदा । रक्तपूयमिमं पश्य षष्ठं निरयमद्भुतम्
paradārā paradravya paradroha ratāḥ sadā | raktapūyamimaṃ paśya ṣaṣṭhaṃ nirayamadbhutam
(those) always given to others' wives, others' property, and injury to others. Look at this sixth hell, the astonishing Raktapūya ("Blood-and-pus").
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PdP 6 114.18
अधोमुखा विपच्यंते यत्र पापकृतो नराः । अभक्ष्यभक्षका निंदा पैशुन्यादि रता इमे
adhomukhā vipacyaṃte yatra pāpakṛto narāḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣakā niṃdā paiśunyādi ratā ime
Where the men who have done evil are cooked head-downward — these eaters of forbidden food, given to slander, backbiting and the like.
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PdP 6 114.19
भज्यमाना वध्यमानाः क्रंदंते भैरवान्स्वरान् । षट्प्रकारैर्विगंधाढ्यैरसावपि च संस्थितः
bhajyamānā vadhyamānāḥ kraṃdaṃte bhairavānsvarān | ṣaṭprakārairvigaṃdhāḍhyairasāvapi ca saṃsthitaḥ
Being broken and beaten, they cry out in fearful voices; and this one too is established in six kinds, filled with foul stenches.
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PdP 6 114.20
कुंभीपाकः सप्तमोऽयं निरयो घोरदर्शनः । षोढास्तैलादिभिर्द्रव्यैर्धनेश्वर विलोकय
kuṃbhīpākaḥ saptamo'yaṃ nirayo ghoradarśanaḥ | ṣoḍhāstailādibhirdravyairdhaneśvara vilokaya
This seventh hell is Kumbhīpāka, terrible to look upon; behold it, O Lord of Wealth — six-fold through the substances, oil and the rest.
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PdP 6 114.21
महापातकिनो यत्र क्वथ्यंते यमकिंकरैः । बहून्यब्दसहस्राणि सोन्मज्जननिमज्जनैः
mahāpātakino yatra kvathyaṃte yamakiṃkaraiḥ | bahūnyabdasahasrāṇi sonmajjananimajjanaiḥ
Where those guilty of the great sins are boiled by Yama's servants for many thousands of years, with risings-up and sinkings-down.
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PdP 6 114.22
चत्वारिंशन्मितानेतान्द्व्यधिकान्पश्य रौरवान् । अकामात्पातकं शुष्कं कामादार्द्रमुदाहृतम्
catvāriṃśanmitānetāndvyadhikānpaśya rauravān | akāmātpātakaṃ śuṣkaṃ kāmādārdramudāhṛtam
Behold these Rauravas, forty-two in number. Sin (committed) unintentionally is called "dry," and that (committed) from desire is called "wet."
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PdP 6 114.23
आर्द्रशुष्कादिभिः पापैर्द्विप्रकारानवस्थितान् । चतुरशीतिसंख्याकैः पृथग्भेदैरवस्थितान्
ārdraśuṣkādibhiḥ pāpairdviprakārānavasthitān | caturaśītisaṃkhyākaiḥ pṛthagbhedairavasthitān
(Behold them) standing in two kinds according to the wet and dry sins, and standing in separate divisions numbering eighty-four.
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PdP 6 114.24
यत्प्रकीर्णमपांक्तेयं मलिनीकरणं तथा । ज्ञातिभ्रंशकरं तद्वदुपपातकसंज्ञकम्
yatprakīrṇamapāṃkteyaṃ malinīkaraṇaṃ tathā | jñātibhraṃśakaraṃ tadvadupapātakasaṃjñakam
What is miscellaneous, what excludes one from the row (at meals), what defiles, and likewise what causes loss of kinsmen — that is termed a minor sin.
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PdP 6 114.25
अतिपापं महापापं सप्तधा पातकं स्मृतम् । एभिः सप्तसु पच्यंते निरयेषु यथाक्रमम्
atipāpaṃ mahāpāpaṃ saptadhā pātakaṃ smṛtam | ebhiḥ saptasu pacyaṃte nirayeṣu yathākramam
Sin is remembered as sevenfold: the excessive sin, the great sin (and so on). By these (sins) they are cooked in the seven hells respectively.
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PdP 6 114.26
कार्तिकव्रतिभिर्यस्मात्संसर्गो ह्यभवत्तव । तत्पुण्योपचयादेते निर्हृता निरयाः खलु
kārtikavratibhiryasmātsaṃsargo hyabhavattava | tatpuṇyopacayādete nirhṛtā nirayāḥ khalu
Since you had contact with those keeping the Kārtika vow, by the accumulation of that merit these hells have indeed been removed.
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PdP 6 114.27
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। दर्शयित्वेति निरयान्प्रेतपस्तमथाहरत् । धनेश्वरं यक्षलोकं पश्चादासीत्स तत्र हि
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca| darśayitveti nirayānpretapastamathāharat | dhaneśvaraṃ yakṣalokaṃ paścādāsītsa tatra hi
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having thus shown him the hells, the preta-lord then carried him off; afterwards he, the Lord of Wealth, was there in the world of the yakṣas.
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PdP 6 114.28
धनदस्यानुगः सोऽयं धनयक्षेति स स्मृतः । यदाख्यायाकरोत्तीर्थमयोध्यायां तु गाधिजः
dhanadasyānugaḥ so'yaṃ dhanayakṣeti sa smṛtaḥ | yadākhyāyākarottīrthamayodhyāyāṃ tu gādhijaḥ
This one, a follower of Kubera, is remembered as "Dhanayakṣa"; by which name the son of Gādhi made a tīrtha in Ayodhyā.
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PdP 6 114.29
एवं प्रभावः खलु कार्तिकोऽयं मुक्तिप्रदो मुक्तिकरश्च यस्मात् । प्रयात्यनेकार्जितपातकोऽपि व्रतस्थसंदर्शनतोऽपि मुक्तिम्
evaṃ prabhāvaḥ khalu kārtiko'yaṃ muktiprado muktikaraśca yasmāt | prayātyanekārjitapātako'pi vratasthasaṃdarśanato'pi muktim
Such indeed is the power of this month of Kārttika, which grants liberation and brings about liberation; for even one who has amassed many sins attains liberation merely by the sight of one who is observing the vow.
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