Markandeyapurana 10.68

10.68

chatropānatpradātāro ye ca vastrapradā narāḥ /
ye yānti manujā mārgaṃ taṃ sukhena tathānnadāḥ //

“Thereupon Tama’s messenger speedily binds him with cruel fetters; drags him, bewildered as he is with the blows of his staff, to the southern region. And so, to some place which is rough with kuśa grass, thorns, ant-hills, stakes, and stones, where a fire is raging, which abounds in hundreds of holes, and which is heated by the blazing sun, which is scorched by his rays, he is haled by Yama’s emissaries, terrible through their ghastly cries. Being dragged about by those fearful servants, being eaten by hundreds of she-jackals, he, the evil-doer, proceeds by an awful road to Tama’s abode. Men who give umbrellas and shoes, and who bestow garments, those men pass along that road in ease; and so also do those who give away food. Thus encountering afflictions, the man oppressed with sin is led in twelve days to the city of king Tama.