Skanda Purana 7.4.52_195

7.4.52_195

sukeśa uvāca
bhavanto narake ghore parikliṣṭāḥ sudāruṇe .
ataḥ śrutijñāḥ sarveṣāṃ narakāṇāmasaṃśayam . .58. .
teṣāṃ satattvaṃ yogañca 101 kālabhedaṃ tathā kramam .
tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me . .59 . .
kiyanto102 narakāste ca kiṃ pramāṇāḥ kimāśrayāḥ103 .
kiṃ rūpā ke ca yātyante104 kathaṃ caiva suduḥkhitāḥ ..8.36.6 0 . .
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Sukeśa said:
You were tormented in the dreadful, extremely severe hell;
hence you know from tradition all the hells, without a doubt. (58)
Their true nature, conjunction, division of time, and succession—
all that I wish to hear, for my curiosity is very great. (59)
How many are those hells, of what size are they, what do they rest upon,
of what form are they, and who are punished [there], and how, deeply afflicted? (60)
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[…] (61)