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# Vishnupurana 2.6.4

Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.6.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.6.4)

tathā pūyavahaḥ pāpo vahnijvālo hy adhaḥśirāḥ  
saṃdaṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasūtraś ca tamaś cāvīcir eva ca //

> The names of the different Narakas are as follows: Raurava, Śúkara, Rodha, Tála, Viśasana, Mahájwála, Taptakumbha, Lavańa, Vimohana, Rudhirándha, Vaitaraní, Krimíśa, Krimibhojana, Asipatravana, Krishńa, Lálábhaksha, Dáruńa, Púyaváha, Pápa, Vahnijwála, Adhośiras, Sandansa, Kálasútra, Tamas, Avíchi, Śwabhojana, Apratisht́ha, and another Avíchi. These and many other fearful hells are the awful provinces of the kingdom of Yama, terrible with instruments of torture and with fire; into which are hurled all those who are addicted when alive to sinful practices.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.6.2) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.6.p2) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.6.4) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bṛhadbrahmasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.brhadbrahmasamhita.14.49) — Sanskrit

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