Skandapurana 7.4.52_264

7.4.52_264

iṣṭakāpākakārī10 ca kumbhapākakarastathā11 .
tau vināśayate yaśca agnido yo12 gṛheṣu ca .. 5. .
vane khaletha goṣṭhe vā annapānavināśakaḥ .
bhojane vighnakārī ca yajñahā yajñadāhakaḥ . . 6. .
kūṭakarmakaro yaśca kūṭasākṣī tathaiva ca .
mithyāgnicayanī caiva mithyāgnyāharaṇī tathā . .7. .
mithyāpākapradātā ca vedānāṃ yaśca dūṣakaḥ .
hartopakaraṇānāṃ ca śilpināṃ yo narādhamaḥ . .8. .
evaṃ te yātitāstatra viśrāmaṃ punarucchraye .
saṃprāpya narake bhūyo nipatanti kṣayāntikam ..9. .
ya imaṃ bahuduṣkṛtāntapākaṃ śṛṇuyādvā manujo hi karmapākam .
na sa gacchati taṃ durātma13 pāka14 narakaṃ sādhanaduḥkhakumbhipākam15 ..8.40.1 0..

One who bakes bricks, and likewise one who bakes clay pots, / and one who destroys them; one who sets fire to houses, . . 5 . . / or in a forest, on a threshing floor, or in a cow-pen; one who destroys food and drink; / one who causes obstacles at meals; one who spoils sacrifices, one who burns sacrifices; . . 6 . . / and one who performs deceitful deeds, and likewise a false witness; / one who builds a sacrificial altar falsely, and likewise one who brings fire falsely; . . 7 . . / one who offers improperly cooked food; and one who disparages the Vedas; / and that vilest of men who steals the tools of artisans— . . 8 . . / thus tortured there, having again obtained a rest on the heights, / they fall down once more into hell, until the end of their destruction. . . 9 . . / That human being who hears this ripening of many sins, this ripening of karma, / does not go to that hell of the wicked's ripening, the Kumbhīpāka filled with torturing misery. . . 8.40.10 . .