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Markandeyapurana 10.82

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 10.82

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Sanskrit

10.82

tatrāṅgāracayopetaṃ kṛtañca dharaṇīsamam /
jājvalyamānastīvreṇa tāpitāṅgārabhūminā //

“Raurava[8] is in truth two thousand yojanas in size. Then there is a chasm, just knee-deep, very difficult to pass over: in it charcoal is heaped up and made level with the ground. It burns vehemently with its glowing surface of kindled charcoal. In its midst Yama’s servitors cast the evil-doer. He runs about there, being burnt by the violent flame; and at each step, his foot is wasted and consumed again and again; day and night he continues on the move.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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