Markandeyapurana 12.10

12.10

tathānyastu tamo nāma so 'tiśītaḥ svabhāvataḥ /
mahārauravavad dīrghastathā sa tamasā vṛtaḥ //

“Moreover there is another hell named Tamas;[3] it is bitterly cold naturally; it is as long as Mahāraurava, and is enveloped in darkness. There the men, afflicted with the cold, running about in the awful darkness, encounter one another and seek refuge clasping one another. And their teeth adhere together, chattering with pain through the cold; there are also other plagues the strongest of which are hunger and thirst. A cutting wind, laden with particles of snow, pierces their bones; pressed with hunger, they feed on the marrow and blood that trickle down therefrom. Constantly licking, they whirl about in mutual contact. So there in Tamas very great affliction is indeed endured by human beings, until, O most worthy brāhman! their sins are completely consumed.