Garudapurana 1.57
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.57
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- 1.57.10 — 1 part
1.57.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 57
hariruvāca /
saptatistu sahasrāṇi bhūmyucchrāyo 'pi kathyate /
daśasāhasramekaikaṃ pātālaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja //
Garuḍa Purāṇa 57
Hari said: / The height of the underworld is also declared to be seventy thousand [yojanas]; / each subterranean realm, O bull-bannered [Śiva], measures ten thousand [yojanas].
1.57.2
atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva nitalaṃ ca gabhastimat /
mahākhyaṃ sutalaṃ cāgryaṃ pātālaṃ cāpi saptamam //
Atala, Vitala, Nitala, Gabhastimat, / Mahātala, the foremost Sutala, and Pātāla as the seventh.
1.57.3
kṛṣṇā śuklāruṇā pītā śarkarā śailakāñcanā /
bhūyastatra daiteyā vasanti ca bhujaṅgamāḥ //
Black, white, reddish, yellow, pebbly, rocky, and golden [are their soils]; / moreover, Daityas and serpents dwell there.
1.57.4
raudre tu puṣkaradvīpe narakāḥ santi tāñchṛṇu /
rauravaḥ sūkaro rodhastālo vinaśanastathā //
Now, in terrible Puṣkaradvīpa there are hells; listen to them: / Raurava, Sūkara, Rodha, Tāla, and likewise Vinaśana;
1.57.5
mahājvālastaptakumbho lavaṇo 'thi vimohitaḥ /
rudhirākhyo vaitaraṇī kṛmiśaḥ kṛmibho janaḥ //
Mahājvāla, Taptakumbha, Lavaṇa, then Vimohita, / that named Rudhira, Vaitaraṇī, Kṛmiśa, Kṛmibhojana;
1.57.6
asipatravanaḥ kṛṣṇo nānābhakṣaśca dāruṇaḥ /
tathā pūyavahaḥ pāpo vahnijvālastvadhaḥ śirāḥ //
Asipatravana, Kṛṣṇa, and the dreadful Nānābhakṣa; / likewise Pūyavaha, Pāpa, Vahnijvāla, and Adhaḥśiras;
1.57.7
saṃdaṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasūtraśca tamaścāvīcireva ca /
śvabhojano 'thāpratiṣṭhoṣṇavīcirnarakāḥ smṛtāḥ //
Saṃdaṃśa, Kṛṣṇasūtra, Tamas, and Avīci, / Śvabhojana, then Apratiṣṭha, and Uṣṇavīci are remembered as hells.
1.57.8
pāpinasteṣu pacyante viṣaśastrāgnidāyinaḥ /
uparyupari vai lokā rudra ! bhūtādayaḥ sthitāḥ //
Sinners who administer poison, weapons, and fire are cooked in them. / Above and above them, O Rudra, are established the worlds: Bhūr and the others.
1.57.9
vārivahnyanilākāśairvṛtaṃ bhūtādinā ca tat /
tadaṇḍaṃ mahatā rudra ! pradhānena ca veṣṭitam //
Encompassed by water, fire, wind, space, and the primal element, / that cosmic egg, O Rudra, is surrounded by the Great Principle and Pradhāna.
1.57.10
aṇḍaṃ daśaguṇaṃ vyāptaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ //
Each enveloping layer is tenfold the cosmic egg; Nārāyaṇa stands [beyond].
1.57.10.p1
iti gāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bhuvanakośagatāpātalanarakādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Subterranean Realms, Hells, and Others within the Cosmic Spheres', in the Section on Conduct, the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa.
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