Markandeyapurana 12.16

12.16

tasmin kulālacakrāṇi bhrāmyantyavirataṃ pitaḥ /
teṣvāropya nikṛtyante kālasūtreṇa mānavāḥ //

“Next there is another notable hell, known as Nikṛntana.[4] In it potter’s wheels revolve incessantly, O father! Human beings are mounted thereon and are cut by the string of Fate which is borne on the fingers of Yama’s servant, from the sole of the foot to the head; and these men do not lose their life thereby, most virtuous brāhman! and their portions severed in hundreds reunite. In this way sinners are cut in sunder during thousands of years, until indeed the whole of their sins are consumed.