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Shiva Purana

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सर्वेन्द्रियाणामप्येवं क्रमात्पापेन यातनाः ॥ भवंति घोराः प्रत्येकं शरीरेण कृतेन च ॥ ११ ॥

Similar tortures are inflicted on all the organs of the body with which the acts of sin had been committed.

english translation

स्पर्शदोषेण ये मूढास्स्पृशंति च परस्त्रियम् ॥ तेषां करोऽग्निवर्णाभिः पांशुभिः पूर्य्यते भृशम् ॥ १२ ॥

The hands of those sinners who touch other’s wives are filled with red hot fillings.

english translation

तेषां क्षारादिभिस्सर्वैश्शरीरमनुलिप्यते ॥ यातनाश्च महाकष्टास्सर्वेषु नरकेषु च ॥ १३ ॥

Their bodies are smeared with corrosive substances such as acid etc. Tortures are acute and grievous in all the hells.

english translation

कुर्वन्ति पित्रोर्भृकुटिं करनेत्राणि ये नरा ॥ वक्त्राणि तेषां सांतानि कीर्य्यंते शंकुभिर्दृढम् ॥ १४ ॥

The faces of men who show wry faces with knit eye-brows to their parents are scratched from end to end with sharp pikes.

english translation

यैरिन्द्रियैर्नरा ये च कुर्वन्ति परस्त्रियम् ॥ इन्द्रियाणि च तेषां वै विकुर्वंति तथैव च ॥ १५ ॥

The organs wherewith men defile or harass women are respectively tortured.

english translation