Chapter 8

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citragupta uvāca |
bho bho duṣkṛtakarmmāṇaḥ para dravyāpahārakāḥ |
garvitā rūpavīryeṇa paradārāvamarddakāḥ || 1 ||
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yastvayaṃ kriyate karma tadidaṃ bhujyate punaḥ |
tatkimātmopaghātārthaṃ bhavadbhirduṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam || 2 ||
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idānīṃ kiṃ pralapyadhve pīḍyamānāssvakarmabhiḥ |
bhujyaṃtāṃ svāni karmmāṇi nāsti doṣo hi kasyacit || 3 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
evaṃ te pṛthivīpālāssaṃprāptāstatsamīpataḥ |
svakīyaiḥ karmmabhighaurairduṣkarmmabaladarpiṇaḥ || 4 ||
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tānapi krodhasaṃyuktaścitragupto mahāprabhuḥ |
saṃśikṣayati dharmajño yamarājānuśikṣayā || 5 ||
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citragupta uvāca |
bho bho nṛpā durācārāḥ prajā vidhvaṃsakāriṇaḥ |
alpakālasya rājyasya kṛte kiṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam || 6 ||
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rājyabhogena mohena balādanyāyataḥ prajāḥ |
yaddaṇḍitāḥ phalaṃ tasya bhujyatāmadhunā nṛpāḥ || 7 ||
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kva tadrājyaṃ kalatraṃ ca yadarthamaśubhaṃ kṛtam |
tatsarvaṃ saṃparityajya yūyamekākinaḥ sthitāḥ || 8 ||
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paśyāmi tadbalaṃ naṣṭaṃ yena vidhvaṃsitāḥ prajāḥ |
yamadūtairyojyamānā adhunā kīdṛśaṃ bhavet || 9 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
evaṃ bahuvidhairvākyairupalabdhā yamena te |
svāni karmāṇi śocaṃti tūṣṇīṃ tiṣṭhaṃti pārthivāḥ || 10 ||
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iti karmma samuddiśya nṛpāṇāṃ dharmmarāḍyamaḥ |
tatpāpapaṃkaśuddhyarthamidaṃ dūtānbravīti ca || 11 ||
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yamarāja uvāca |
bhobhoścaṇḍa mahācaṃḍa gṛhītvā nṛpatīnbalāt |
niyamena viśudyadhvaṃ krameṇa narakāgniṣu || 12 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
tataśśīghraṃ samādāya nṛpānsaṃgṛhya pādayoḥ |
bhrāmayitvā tu vegena nikṣipyordhvaṃ pragṛhya ca || |
sarvaprāyeṇa mahatātīva tapte śilātale |
āsphālayaṃti tarasā vajreṇeva mahādrumān || 14 ||
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tatassaraktaṃ śrotreṇa sravate jarjarīkṛtaḥ |
nissaṃjñassa sadā dehī niśceṣṭassaṃprajāyate || 15 ||
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tatassa vāyunā spṛṣṭassatairujjīvitaḥ punaḥ |
tataḥ pāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṣipaṃti narakārṇave || 16 ||
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aṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyābhiḥ kṣityadhassaptakoṭayaḥ |
saptamasya talasyāṃte ghore tamasi saṃsthitaḥ || 17 ||
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ghorākhyā prathamā koṭiḥ sughorā tadadhaḥ sthitā |
atighorā mahāghorā ghorarūpā ca paṃcamī || 18 ||
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ṣaṣṭhī talātalākhyā ca saptamī ca bhayānakā |
aṣṭamī kālarātriśca navamī ca bhayotkaṭā || 19 ||
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daśamī tadadhaścaṇḍā mahācaṇḍā tato'pyadhaḥ |
caṇḍakolāhalā cānyā pracaṇḍā caṇḍanāyikā || 20 ||
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padmā padmāvatī bhītā bhīmā bhīṣaṇanāyikā |
karālā vikarālā ca vajrāviṃśatimā smṛtā || 21 ||
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trikoṇā pañcakoṇā ca sudīrghā cākhilārtidā |
samā bhīmabalā bhogrā dīptaprāyeti cāntimī || 22 ||
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iti te nāmataḥ proktā ghorā narakakoṭayaḥ |
aṣṭāviṃśatirevaitāḥ pāpānāṃ yātanātmikāḥ || 23 ||
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tāsāṃ krameṇa vijñeyāḥ paṃca pañcaiva nāyakāḥ |
pratyekaṃ sarvakoṭīnāṃ nāmatassaṃnibodhata || 24 ||
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rauravaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ ruvaṃte yatra dehinaḥ |
mahārauravapīḍābhirmahāṃto'pi rudaṃti ca || 25 ||
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tataśśītaṃ tathā coṣṇaṃ paṃcādyā nāyakāssmṛtāḥ |
sughorastu mahātīkṣṇastathā saṃjīvanaḥ smṛtaḥ || 26 ||
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mahātamo vilomaśca vilopaścāpi kaṃṭaka |
tīvravegaḥ karālaśca vikarālaḥ prakaṃpanaḥ || 27 ||
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mahāvakraśca kālaśca kālasūtraḥ pragarjanaḥ |
sūcīmukhassunetiśca khādakassuprapīḍanaḥ || 28 ||
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kumbhīpākasupākau ca krakacaścātidāruṇaḥ |
aṃgārarāśibhavanaṃ merurasṛkprahitastataḥ || 29 ||
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tīkṣṇatuṇḍaśca śakunirmahāsaṃvartakaḥ kratuḥ |
taptajaṃtuḥ paṃkalepaḥ pratimāṃsastrapūdbhavaḥ || 30 ||
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ucchvāsassunirucchvāso sudīrghaḥ kūṭaśālmaliḥ |
duriṣṭassumahāvādaḥ pravādassupratāpanaḥ || 31 ||
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tato megho vṛṣaḥ śālmassiṃhavyāghragajānanāḥ |
śvasūkarājamahiṣaghūkakokavṛkānanāḥ || 32 ||
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grāhakuṃbhīnanakrākhyā ssarpakūrmākhyavāyasāḥ |
gṛdhrolūkahalokākhyāḥ śārdūlakrathakarkaṭāḥ || 33 ||
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maṃḍūkāḥ pūtivaktrāśca raktākṣaḥ pūtimṛttikāḥ |
kaṇadhūmrastathāgniśca kṛmigandhivapustathā || 34 ||
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agnīdhraścāpratiṣṭhaśca rudhirābhaśśvabhojanaḥ |
lālā bhekṣāṃtrabhakṣau ca sarvabhakṣaḥ sudāruṇaḥ || 35 ||
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kaṃṭakassuviśālaśca vikaṭaḥ kaṭapūtanaḥ |
aṃbarīṣaḥ kaṭāhaśca kaṣṭā vaitaraṇī nadī || 36 ||
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sutaptalohaśayana ekapādaḥ prapūraṇaḥ |
asitālavanaṃ ghoramasthibhaṃgaḥ supūraṇaḥ || 37 ||
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vilātaso'suyaṃtro'pi kūṭapāśaḥ pramardanaḥ |
mahācūrṇṇo sucūrṇṇo'pi taptalohamayaṃ tathā || 38 ||
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parvataḥ kṣuradhārā ca tathā yamalaparvataḥ |
mūtraviṣṭhāśrukūpaśca kṣārakūpaśca śītalaḥ || 39 ||
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musalolūkhalaṃ yantraṃ śilāśakaṭalāṃgalam |
tālapatrāsigahanaṃ mahāśakaṭamaṇḍapam || 40 ||
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saṃmohamasthibhaṃgaśca taptaścalamayo guḍam |
bahudukhaṃ mahākleśaḥ kaśmalaṃ samalaṃ malāt || 41 ||
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hālāhalo virūpaśca svarūpaśca yamānugaḥ || |
ekapādastripādaśca tīvraścācīvaraṃ tamaḥ || 42 ||
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aṣṭāviṃśatirityete kramaśaḥ paṃcapaṃcakam |
koṭīnāmānupūrvyeṇa paṃca paṃcaiva nāyakāḥ || 43 ||
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rauravāya prabodhyaṃte narakāṇāṃ śataṃ smṛtam |
catvāriṃśacchataṃ proktaṃ mahānarakamaṇḍalam || 44 ||
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iti te vyāsa saṃproktā narakasya sthitirmayā |
prasaṃkhyānācca vairāgyaṃ śṛṇu pāpagatiṃ ca tām || 45 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ narakalokavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
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