Markandeyapurana 12.4

12.4

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sapta pañca samantataḥ /
tatra tāmramayī bhūmiradhastasya hutāśanaḥ //

The son spoke:
“I have described to thee first the hell Raurava, now listen to the description of the hell named Mahāraurava,[1] O father! There for seven times five thousand yojanas all around the earth is made of copper; beneath it[2] is fire. Heated by the heat thereof the whole region shines with a light equal to that of the rising moon, most intensely severe to sight touch and the other sensations. There the evil-doer is deposited, bound hand and foot, by Tama’s servants; he moves rolling about in the midst. Preyed upon by crows, herons, wolves, and owls, scorpions, and mosquitoes, and vultures he is speedily dragged out into the road. Burnt and confounded, he exclaims repeatedly, “Father! Mother! Brother! Dear one!” Full of fear he can get no repose. In this manner therefore emancipation from existence is attained to by violent men, who evil-minded have committed sin, in ten thousand times ten thousand years.