Skanda Purana 7.4.52_207

7.4.52_207

ete mahānto narakā ucchrāyāśca tathāpare .
ekaikasyocchrayā hyaṣṭau narakāstepi kīrtitāḥ .. 11 . .
ucchrayeṣu saviśrāmā yātanā bhavatīśvara16 .
itareṣu tvaviśrāmo viśeṣo hyeṣa17 kīrtitaḥ . . 1 2..

These are the great hells, and there are others, the subsidiary heights [or secondary hells]. / Eight subsidiary hells are also proclaimed for each one [of them]. // 11 // / In the subsidiary hells the torment is accompanied by respite, O lord, / while in the others it is without respite; this indeed is declared to be the difference. // 12