Skanda Purana 7.4.52_209

7.4.52_209

narake patitaḥ23 sarvo nāntaṃ tasya prapaśyati .
kṣīṇapāpāḥ prapaśyanti yathā tacchṛṇu mevyaya .. 1 5. .
patito24 narake ghore duṣkṛtī svena25 karmaṇā .
yātyamāno26 tikaruṇaṃ27 diśamekāṃ prapadyate . .1 6. .
sa gatvā śīghramadhvānaṃ bahuyojanavistṛtam .
bahūnanyā28 nanāsādya tasyāntaṃ29 vinivartate .. 17. .
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11 sarve - gha. . 12 yamalocanaḥ - gha. . 13... stataḥ paraḥ - gha. . 14 yamaḥ - gha. . 15 tatastamaparastamaḥ - gha., stamottamaḥ - ga. . 16 tvaraḥ - ga. . 17 hyatra - kha. . 18 tu pāpakarmaṇām - gha. . 19 bhedakṣayaśca - kha . 20 pravartate - gha. . 21 na śakyaṃ - ka. ga., vai śakyate - gha. . 22 prayasyati - ga. . 23... titavaḥ - ka. ga. . 24 pātito - kha, patate - gha . 25 duṣṭatitvena - gha. . 26 pātyamāno - gha., pātyamāno pi - kha. . 27 karuṇāṃ - ka. . 28... dhyā - ka. ga. . 29 tasmāta - ga. .
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vinivṛtya tato bhūyo yātyamāno vicetanaḥ .
anyā diśaṃ30 punargatvā tathaiva vinivartate ..18..

Everyone who falls into hell does not see its end; / hear from me, O imperishable one, how those whose sins are exhausted come to see it: // 15 // / An evildoer who has fallen into the dreadful hell by his own deeds, / while being tormented, piteously flees toward one direction. // 16 // / Having swiftly traversed a path stretching many yojanas, / without reaching its end or any other [limits], he turns back. // 17 // / [Apparatus readings] / Having turned back, tormented again, insensible, / having gone to another direction, he turns back in the same manner. // 18