Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 16

SiP 5 16.1

सनत्कुमार उवाच।। तेषां मूर्द्धोपरिष्टाद्वै नरकांस्ताञ्छृणुष्व च।। मत्तो मुनिवरश्रेष्ठ पच्यंते यत्र पापिनः

sanatkumāra uvāca|| teṣāṃ mūrddhopariṣṭādvai narakāṃstāñchṛṇuṣva ca|| matto munivaraśreṣṭha pacyaṃte yatra pāpinaḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Above the top of these, hear now from me of those hells, O best of the excellent sages, where the sinners are cooked.

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SiP 5 16.2

रौरवश्शूकरो रोधस्तालो विवसनस्तथा ।। महाज्वालस्तप्तकुंभो लवणोपि विलोहितः

rauravaśśūkaro rodhastālo vivasanastathā || mahājvālastaptakuṃbho lavaṇopi vilohitaḥ

Raurava, Śūkara, Rodha, Tāla, and Vivasana, Mahājvāla, Taptakumbha, Lavaṇa, and also Vilohita;

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SiP 5 16.3

वैतरणी पूयवहा कृमिणः कृमिभोजनः ।। असिपत्रवनं घोरं लालाभक्षश्च दारुणः

vaitaraṇī pūyavahā kṛmiṇaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ || asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ lālābhakṣaśca dāruṇaḥ

Vaitaraṇī, Pūyavahā, Kṛmiṇa, Kṛmibhojana, the dreadful Asipatravana, and the terrible Lālābhakṣa;

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SiP 5 16.4

तथा पूयवहः प्रायो बहिर्ज्वालो ह्यधश्शिराः ।। संदंशः कालसूत्रश्च तमश्चावीचिरो धनः

tathā pūyavahaḥ prāyo bahirjvālo hyadhaśśirāḥ || saṃdaṃśaḥ kālasūtraśca tamaścāvīciro dhanaḥ

Likewise Pūyavaha, Prāya, Bahirjvāla, and Adhaḥśirā, Saṃdaṃśa and Kālasūtra, and Tamas, Avīci and Rodhana.

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SiP 5 16.5

श्वभोजनोऽथ रुष्टश्च महारौरवशाल्मली ।। इत्याद्या बहवस्तत्र नरका दुःखदायकाः साध्व्या विक्रयकृच्चाथ वार्द्धकी केशविक्रयी ।। तप्तलोहेषु पच्यंते यश्च भक्तं परित्यजेत् व्रतस्य लोपका ये च स्वाश्रमाद्विच्युताश्च ये।। संदंशयातनामध्ये पतंति भृशदारुणे प्रायश्चित्तं तु यस्यैव पापं पुंसः प्रजायते।। कृते पापेऽनुतापोऽपि शिवसंस्मरणं परम् एवमेतन्मयाख्यातं सर्वं नरकमण्डलम् ।। अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि सांप्रतं मंडलं भुवः

śvabhojano'tha ruṣṭaśca mahārauravaśālmalī || ityādyā bahavastatra narakā duḥkhadāyakāḥ sādhvyā vikrayakṛccātha vārddhakī keśavikrayī || taptaloheṣu pacyaṃte yaśca bhaktaṃ parityajet vratasya lopakā ye ca svāśramādvicyutāśca ye|| saṃdaṃśayātanāmadhye pataṃti bhṛśadāruṇe prāyaścittaṃ tu yasyaiva pāpaṃ puṃsaḥ prajāyate|| kṛte pāpe'nutāpo'pi śivasaṃsmaraṇaṃ param evametanmayākhyātaṃ sarvaṃ narakamaṇḍalam || ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ maṃḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ

Then Śvabhojana and Ruṣṭa, Mahāraurava and Śālmalī — these and many more are the hells there that inflict suffering. One who sells a virtuous woman, and a carpenter, and a seller of hair — these are cooked upon heated irons, and (so is) he who abandons a devotee. And those who break a vow, and those who have fallen away from their own order of life, fall into the torment of Saṃdaṃśa, which is exceedingly terrible. But expiation (is prescribed) for the very man in whom sin arises; and when a sin has been committed, remorse too, and above all the remembrance of Śiva. Thus this whole circle of hells has been declared by me; above this I shall now describe the sphere of the earth.

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SiP 5 16.6

पच्यंते तेषु पुरुषाः पापकर्मरतास्तु ये ।। क्रमाद्वक्ष्ये तु तान् व्यास सावधानतया शृणु

pacyaṃte teṣu puruṣāḥ pāpakarmaratāstu ye || kramādvakṣye tu tān vyāsa sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu

In those (hells) are cooked the men who are given to sinful deeds; I shall tell of them in order, O Vyāsa — listen attentively.

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SiP 5 16.7

कूटसाक्ष्यं तु यो वक्ति विना विप्रान् सुरांश्च गाः ।। सदाऽनृतं वदेद्यस्तु स नरो याति रौरवम्

kūṭasākṣyaṃ tu yo vakti vinā viprān surāṃśca gāḥ || sadā'nṛtaṃ vadedyastu sa naro yāti rauravam

He who gives false testimony — except on behalf of brahmins, gods and cows — and he who always speaks untruth: that man goes to Raurava.

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SiP 5 16.8

भ्रूणहा स्वर्णहर्ता च गोरोधी विश्वघातकः ।। सुरापो ब्रह्महंता च परद्रव्यापहारकः

bhrūṇahā svarṇahartā ca gorodhī viśvaghātakaḥ || surāpo brahmahaṃtā ca paradravyāpahārakaḥ

The slayer of an embryo, the stealer of gold, one who impounds cows, a destroyer of all, a drinker of liquor, a killer of a brahmin, and one who carries off another's property —

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SiP 5 16.9

यस्तत्संगी स वै याति मृतो व्यास गुरोर्वधात् ।। ततः कुंभे स्वसुर्मातुर्गोश्चैव दुहितुस्तथा

yastatsaṃgī sa vai yāti mṛto vyāsa gurorvadhāt || tataḥ kuṃbhe svasurmāturgoścaiva duhitustathā

and whoever keeps company with such a one — he indeed goes (there) when dead, O Vyāsa, as (does one) for the killing of a guru; and then into (Tapta)kumbha for (approaching) one's sister, mother, a cow, or a daughter.

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SiP 5 16.11

अवमंता गुरूणां यः पश्चाद्भोक्ता नराधमः ।। देवदूषयिता चैव देवविक्रयिकश्च यः

avamaṃtā gurūṇāṃ yaḥ paścādbhoktā narādhamaḥ || devadūṣayitā caiva devavikrayikaśca yaḥ

The vilest of men who despises his elders, who eats before (his elders have eaten), and the reviler of the gods, and he who sells (images of) the gods —

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SiP 5 16.12

अगम्यगामी यश्चांते याति सप्तबलं द्विज ।। चौरो गोघ्नो हि पतितो मर्यादादूषकस्तथा

agamyagāmī yaścāṃte yāti saptabalaṃ dvija || cauro goghno hi patito maryādādūṣakastathā

and he who goes to a woman he may not approach — such a one goes at the end to Saptabala, O twice-born; likewise a thief, a cow-killer, an outcast, and a violator of boundaries.

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SiP 5 16.13

देवद्विजपितृद्वेष्टा रत्नदूषयिता च यः ।। स याति कृमिभक्षं वै कृमीनत्ति दुरिष्टकृत्

devadvijapitṛdveṣṭā ratnadūṣayitā ca yaḥ || sa yāti kṛmibhakṣaṃ vai kṛmīnatti duriṣṭakṛt

He who hates gods, brahmins and the fathers, and he who defiles jewels — he goes to Kṛmibhakṣa; the performer of evil sacrifices eats worms.

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SiP 5 16.14

पितृदेवसुरान् यस्तु पर्यश्नाति नराधमः।। लालाभक्षं स यात्यज्ञो यश्शस्त्रकूटकृन्नरः

pitṛdevasurān yastu paryaśnāti narādhamaḥ|| lālābhakṣaṃ sa yātyajño yaśśastrakūṭakṛnnaraḥ

But the vilest of men who eats aside from (i.e. without offering to) the fathers, the gods and the deities — that fool goes to Lālābhakṣa, as does the man who forges weapons.

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SiP 5 16.15

यश्चांत्यजेन संसेव्यो ह्यसद्ग्राही तु यो द्विजः ।। अयाज्ययाजकश्चैव तथैवाभक्ष्य भक्षकः

yaścāṃtyajena saṃsevyo hyasadgrāhī tu yo dvijaḥ || ayājyayājakaścaiva tathaivābhakṣya bhakṣakaḥ

He who is waited upon by an outcaste, and the twice-born who accepts (gifts) from the wicked, and he who sacrifices for those unfit to have sacrifice performed, and likewise the eater of forbidden food —

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SiP 5 16.16

रुधिरौघे पतंत्येते सोमविक्रयिणश्च ये।। मधुहा ग्रामहा याति क्रूरां वैतरणीं नदीम्

rudhiraughe pataṃtyete somavikrayiṇaśca ye|| madhuhā grāmahā yāti krūrāṃ vaitaraṇīṃ nadīm

These fall into the flood of blood, and (so do) those who sell soma; the killer of bees (or destroyer of honey) and the destroyer of a village go to the cruel Vaitaraṇī river.

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SiP 5 16.17

नवयौवनमत्ताश्च मर्यादाभेदिनश्च ये ।। ते कृत्यं यांत्यशौचाश्च कुलकाजीविनश्च ये

navayauvanamattāśca maryādābhedinaśca ye || te kṛtyaṃ yāṃtyaśaucāśca kulakājīvinaśca ye

And those who are intoxicated with fresh youth, and those who break the bounds (of propriety), and those who are impure, and those who live by (selling) their family (or by disgracing their lineage) — they go to Kṛtya.

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SiP 5 16.18

असिपत्रवनं याति वृक्षच्छेदी वृथैव यः।। क्षुरभ्रका मृगव्याधा वह्निज्वाले पतंति ते

asipatravanaṃ yāti vṛkṣacchedī vṛthaiva yaḥ|| kṣurabhrakā mṛgavyādhā vahnijvāle pataṃti te

He who cuts down trees to no purpose goes to the Asipatravana (sword-leaf forest); hunters of game (fall into) the Kṣurabhraka, (and) they fall into the flame of fire.

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SiP 5 16.19

भ्रष्टाचारो हि यो विप्रः क्षत्रियो वैश्य एव च ।। यात्यंते द्विज तत्रैव यः श्वपाकेषु वह्निदः

bhraṣṭācāro hi yo vipraḥ kṣatriyo vaiśya eva ca || yātyaṃte dvija tatraiva yaḥ śvapākeṣu vahnidaḥ

The brāhmaṇa whose conduct has fallen away, and likewise the kṣatriya and the vaiśya, goes in the end, O twice-born, to that very (hell), as does he who gives fire (i.e. sets fire) among the dog-cookers (Śvapākas).

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SiP 5 16.21

वीर्यं स्वप्नेषु स्कंदेयुर्ये नरा ब्रह्मचारिणः।। पुत्रा नाध्यापिता यैश्च ते पतंति श्वभोजने

vīryaṃ svapneṣu skaṃdeyurye narā brahmacāriṇaḥ|| putrā nādhyāpitā yaiśca te pataṃti śvabhojane

Those men who, being celibate students, emit their seed in dreams, and those by whom sons are left untaught — they fall into (the hell) Śvabhojana (dog's food).

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SiP 5 16.22

एते चान्ये च नरकाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।। येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पच्यते यातनागताः

ete cānye ca narakāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ || yeṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇaḥ pacyate yātanāgatāḥ

These and other hells, by hundreds and by thousands, in which those of evil deeds, having come to torment, are cooked.

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SiP 5 16.23

तथैव पापान्येतानि तथान्यानि सहस्रशः ।। भुज्यंते यानि पुरुषैर्नरकांतरगोचरैः

tathaiva pāpānyetāni tathānyāni sahasraśaḥ || bhujyaṃte yāni puruṣairnarakāṃtaragocaraiḥ

And just so these sins, and others by the thousands, which are experienced by men who dwell within the hells.

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SiP 5 16.24

वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धं च कर्म कुर्वंति ये नराः।। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा निरये तु पतंति ते

varṇāśramaviruddhaṃ ca karma kurvaṃti ye narāḥ|| karmaṇā manasā vācā niraye tu pataṃti te

And those men who perform acts contrary to (the rules of) class and life-stage — by deed, by mind, by speech — they fall into hell.

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SiP 5 16.25

अधश्शिरोभिर्दृश्यंते नारका दिवि दैवतैः।। देवानधोमुखान्सर्वानधः पश्यंति नारकाः

adhaśśirobhirdṛśyaṃte nārakā divi daivataiḥ|| devānadhomukhānsarvānadhaḥ paśyaṃti nārakāḥ

The hell-dwellers are seen head-downward by the gods in heaven; and the hell-dwellers see all the gods below with faces turned downward.

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SiP 5 16.26

स्थावराः कृमिपाकाश्च पक्षिणः पशवो मृगाः ।। धार्मिकास्त्रिदशास्तद्वन्मोक्षिणश्च यथाक्रमम्

sthāvarāḥ kṛmipākāśca pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo mṛgāḥ || dhārmikāstridaśāstadvanmokṣiṇaśca yathākramam

Immobile beings, worms and insects, birds, cattle, wild animals, the righteous, the thirty (gods), and likewise those (seeking) liberation — in due order.

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SiP 5 16.27

यावंतो जंतवस्स्वर्गे तावंतो नरकौकसः ।। पापकृद्याति नरकं प्रायश्चित्तपराङ्मुखः

yāvaṃto jaṃtavassvarge tāvaṃto narakaukasaḥ || pāpakṛdyāti narakaṃ prāyaścittaparāṅmukhaḥ

As many creatures as there are in heaven, so many are the dwellers in hell; the doer of sin who turns his face away from expiation goes to hell.

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SiP 5 16.28

गुरूणि गुरुभिश्चैव लघूनि लघुभिस्तथा ।। प्रायश्चित्तानि कालेय मनुस्स्वायम्भुवोऽब्रवीत्

gurūṇi gurubhiścaiva laghūni laghubhistathā || prāyaścittāni kāleya manussvāyambhuvo'bravīt

Heavy (expiations) for heavy (sins) and light ones for light ones — such expiations, O Kāleya, did Manu Svāyambhuva declare.

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SiP 5 16.29

यानि तेषामशेषाणां कर्मार्ण्युक्तानि तेषु वै।। प्रायश्चित्तमशेषेण हरानुस्मरणं परम्

yāni teṣāmaśeṣāṇāṃ karmārṇyuktāni teṣu vai|| prāyaścittamaśeṣeṇa harānusmaraṇaṃ param

Among all those acts which are declared for them, the supreme expiation, entirely, is the remembrance of Hara.

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SiP 5 16.31

माहेश्वरमवाप्नोति मध्याह्नादिषु संस्मरन्।। प्रातर्निशि च संध्यायां क्षीणपापो भवेन्नरः

māheśvaramavāpnoti madhyāhnādiṣu saṃsmaran|| prātarniśi ca saṃdhyāyāṃ kṣīṇapāpo bhavennaraḥ

Remembering (him) at midday and the other (times), one attains the state of Maheśvara; at dawn, at night, and at twilight, a man becomes one whose sin is destroyed.

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SiP 5 16.32

मुक्तिं प्रयाति स्वर्गं वा समस्तक्लेशसंक्षयम।। शिवस्य स्मरणादेव तस्य शंभोरुमापतेः

muktiṃ prayāti svargaṃ vā samastakleśasaṃkṣayama|| śivasya smaraṇādeva tasya śaṃbhorumāpateḥ

He goes to liberation, or to heaven, with the complete destruction of all afflictions, merely by the remembrance of that Śiva, Śambhu, the lord of Umā.

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SiP 5 16.33

पापन्तरायो विप्रेन्द्र जपहोमार्चनादि च ।। भवत्येव न कुत्रापि त्रैलोक्ये मुनिसत्तम

pāpantarāyo viprendra japahomārcanādi ca || bhavatyeva na kutrāpi trailokye munisattama

Sin, obstruction, O best of brāhmaṇas, and (failure of) recitation, oblation, worship and the rest — these indeed occur nowhere in the three worlds, O best of sages.

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SiP 5 16.34

महेश्वरे मतिर्यस्य जपहोमार्चनादिपु ।। यत्पुण्यं तत्कृतं तेन देवेन्द्रत्वादिकं फलम्

maheśvare matiryasya japahomārcanādipu || yatpuṇyaṃ tatkṛtaṃ tena devendratvādikaṃ phalam

He whose mind is on Maheśvara in recitations, oblations, worship and the like — whatever merit there is, that is done by him, and the fruit is lordship over the gods and the rest.

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SiP 5 16.35

पुमान्न नरकं याति यः स्मरन्भक्तितो मुने ।। अहर्निशं शिवं तस्मात्स क्षीणाशेषपातकः

pumānna narakaṃ yāti yaḥ smaranbhaktito mune || aharniśaṃ śivaṃ tasmātsa kṣīṇāśeṣapātakaḥ

A man does not go to hell who, O sage, remembers Śiva with devotion day and night; therefore his sins are all destroyed.

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SiP 5 16.36

नरकस्वर्गसंज्ञाये पापपुण्ये द्विजोत्तम ।। ययोस्त्वेकं तु दुःखायान्यत्सुखायोद्भवाय च

narakasvargasaṃjñāye pāpapuṇye dvijottama || yayostvekaṃ tu duḥkhāyānyatsukhāyodbhavāya ca

Sin and merit are what bear the names hell and heaven, O best of the twice-born — of which the one arises for suffering and the other for pleasure and for prosperity.

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SiP 5 16.37

तदेव प्रीतये भूत्वा पुनर्दुःखाय जायते ।। तत्स्याद्दुःखात्मकं नास्ति न च किंचित्सुखात्मकम्

tadeva prītaye bhūtvā punarduḥkhāya jāyate || tatsyādduḥkhātmakaṃ nāsti na ca kiṃcitsukhātmakam

That very (thing), having become (a source) of pleasure, is again born for suffering; hence nothing is by nature suffering, nor is anything by nature pleasure.

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SiP 5 16.38

मनसः परिणामोऽयं सुखदुःखोपलक्षणः ।। ज्ञानमेव परं ब्रह्म ज्ञानं तत्त्वाय कल्पते

manasaḥ pariṇāmo'yaṃ sukhaduḥkhopalakṣaṇaḥ || jñānameva paraṃ brahma jñānaṃ tattvāya kalpate

This is a transformation of the mind, marked out as pleasure and pain. Knowledge alone is the supreme brahman; knowledge is fit for (attaining) the truth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 5 16.39

ज्ञानात्मकमिदं विश्वं सकलं सचराचरम् ।। परविज्ञानतः किंचिद्विद्यते न परं मुने

jñānātmakamidaṃ viśvaṃ sakalaṃ sacarācaram || paravijñānataḥ kiṃcidvidyate na paraṃ mune

This whole universe, with all that moves and does not move, is made of knowledge. Beyond the supreme knowledge nothing further exists, O sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition