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Devibhagavatapurana 8.23: trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | avaśiṣṭanarakavarṇanam

Devībhāgavatapurāṇa 8.23

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trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | avaśiṣṭanarakavarṇanam

8.23.1

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
ye narāḥ sarvadā sākṣye anṛtaṃ bhāṣayanti ca |
dāne vinimaye'rthasya devarṣe pāpabuddhayaḥ ||

8.23.2

te pretyāmutra narake avīcyākhye'tidāruṇe |
yojanānāṃ śatocchrāyādgirimūrdhnaḥ patanti hi ||

8.23.3

anākāśe'dhaḥśirasastadavīcītināmake |
yatra sthalaṃ dṛśyate ca jalavadvīcisaṃyutam ||

8.23.4

avīcimattatastatra tilaśaśchinnavigrahaḥ |
mriyate naiva devarṣe punarevā'varopyate ||

8.23.5

yo vā dvijo vā rājanyo vaiśyo vā brahmasambhava |
somapīthastatkalatraṃ surāṃ vā pibatīva hi ||

8.23.6

pramādatastu teṣāṃ vai niraye paripātanam |
kurvanti yamadūtāste pānaṃ kārṣṇāyaso mune ||

8.23.7

vahninā dravamāṇasya nitarāṃ brahmasambhava |
sambhāvanena svasyaiva yo'dhamo'pi narādhamaḥ ||

8.23.8

vidyājanmatapovarṇāśramācāravato narān |
varīyaso'pi na bahu manyate puruṣādhamaḥ ||

8.23.9

sa nīyate yamabhaṭaiḥ kṣārakardamanāmake |
niraye'rvākśirā ghorā durantayātanāśnute ||

8.23.10

ye vai narā yajantyanyaṃ naramedhena mohitāḥ |
striyo'pi vā narapaśuṃ khādantyatra mahāmune ||

8.23.11

paśavo nihitāste tu yamasadyani saṅgatāḥ |
saunikā iva te sarve vidārya śitadhārayā ||

8.23.12

asṛkpibanti nṛtyanti gāyanti bahudhā mune |
yatheha māṃsabhoktāraḥ puruṣādā durāsadāḥ ||

8.23.13

anāgaso'pi ye'raṇye grāme vā brahmaputraka |
vaiśrambhakairupasṛtānviśrambhayyajijīviṣūn ||

8.23.14

śūlasūtrādiṣu protānkrīḍanotkārakāniva |
pātayanti ca te pretya śūlapāte patanti ha ||

8.23.15

śūlādiṣu protadehāḥ kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ cātipīḍitāḥ |
tigmatuṇḍaiḥ kaṅkabakairitaścetaśca tāḍitāḥ ||

8.23.16

pīḍitā ātmaśamalaṃ bahudhā saṃsmaranti hi |
ye bhūtānudvejayanti narā ulbaṇavṛttayaḥ ||

8.23.17

yathā sarpādikāste'pi narake nipatanti hi |
dandaśūkābhidhāne ca yatrottiṣṭhanti sarvataḥ ||

8.23.18

pañcānanaḥ saptamukhā grasanti narakāgatān |
yathā bileśayā vipra krūrabuddhisamanvitāḥ ||

8.23.19

ye'vaṭeṣu kusūlādiguhādiṣu nirundhate |
tānamutrodyatakarāḥ kīnāśaparisevakāḥ ||

8.23.20

teṣvevopaviśitvā ca sagareṇa ca vahninā |
dhūmena ca nirundhanti pāpakarmaratānnarān ||

8.23.21

yo'tithīnsamayaprāptāndidhakṣuriva cakṣuṣā |
pāpenehālokayecca svayaṃ gṛhapatirdvijaḥ ||

8.23.22

tasyāpi pāpadṛṣṭerhi niraye yamakiṅkarāḥ |
akṣiṇī vajratuṇḍā ye kaṅkāḥ kākavaṭādayaḥ ||

8.23.23

gṛdhrāḥ krūratarāścāpi prasahyotpāṭayanti hi |
ya āḍhyābhimatiryāti ahaṅkṛtyātigarvitaḥ ||

8.23.24

tiryakprekṣaṇa evātrābhiviśaṅkī narādhamaḥ |
cintayārthasya sarvatrāyativyayasvarūpayā ||

8.23.25

śuṣyaddhṛdayavaktraśca nirvṛtiṃ naiva gacchati |
grahavadrakṣate cārthaṃ sa preto yamakiṅkaraiḥ ||

8.23.26

sūcīmukhe ca narake pātyate nijakarmaṇā |
vittagrahaṃ ca puruṣaṃ vāyakā iva yāmyakāḥ ||

8.23.27

kiṅkarāḥ sarvato'ṅgeṣu sūtraiḥ parivayanti hi |
ete bahuvidhā vipra narakāḥ pāpakarmaṇām ||

8.23.28

narāṇāṃ śataśaḥ santi yātanāsthānabhūmayaḥ |
sahasraśo'pi devarṣe uktānuktāṃstathāpi hi ||

8.23.29

viśanti narakānetānyātanābahulānmune |
tathā dharmaparāścāpi lokānyānti sukhodgatān ||

8.23.30

svadharmo bahudhā gīto yathā tava mahāmune |
devīpūjanarūpo hi devyārādhanalakṣaṇaḥ ||

8.23.31

yenānuṣṭhitamātreṇa naro na narakaṃ vrajet |
sā devī bhavapāthodheruddhartrī pūjitā nṛṇām ||

8.23.31.c1

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe 'vaśiṣṭanarakavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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