Skanda Purana 7.4.52_208

7.4.52_208

teṣāṃ satataduḥkhaṃ tu nṝṇāṃ pāpena karmaṇā18 .
bhedaḥ kṣayācca19 pāpasya kramasteṣāṃ pravakṣyate20 ..1 3 . .
pramāṇaṃ tu gaṇeśeha na śakyaṃ21 vaktumekaśaḥ .
vibhutvāt karmaṇastasya kṣayādantaṃ prapaśyati22 ..14..

Continuous suffering comes to men there on account of sinful deeds, / and a distinction [is made] through the exhaustion of sin; their succession will be explained. // 13 // / But the extent [of hell], O lord of Gaṇas, cannot be stated individually here; / on account of the pervasiveness of that karma, upon its exhaustion one sees the end. // 14