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Shiva Purana

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रुधिरौघे पतंत्येते सोमविक्रयिणश्च ये॥ मधुहा ग्रामहा याति क्रूरां वैतरणीं नदीम् ॥ १६ ॥

These and those who sell moon fall into a stream of blood The killer of honey and the killer of a village goes to the cruel river Vaitarani.

english translation

नवयौवनमत्ताश्च मर्यादाभेदिनश्च ये ॥ ते कृत्यं यांत्यशौचाश्च कुलकाजीविनश्च ये ॥ १७ ॥

Those who are arrogant in the freshness of youth, who transgress the bounds of decency, who are unclean and who maintain themselves on the earnings of unchaste women go to Kṛmya hell.

english translation

असिपत्रवनं याति वृक्षच्छेदी वृथैव यः॥ क्षुरभ्रका मृगव्याधा वह्निज्वाले पतंति ते ॥ १८ ॥

He who cues off trees without purpose goes to Asipatravana hell. Those who hunt deer with Kṣuraprakas (arrows with horse-shoe-shaped heads) fall into Vahnijvāla hell.

english translation

भ्रष्टाचारो हि यो विप्रः क्षत्रियो वैश्य एव च ॥ यात्यंते द्विज तत्रैव यः श्वपाकेषु वह्निदः ॥ १९ ॥

O brahmin, the brahmin, the Kṣatriya or the Vaiśya who swerves from the path of good conduct ultimately fall into the hell prescribed for dog-cooking cāṇḍālas.

english translation

व्रतस्य लोपका ये च स्वाश्रमाद्विच्युताश्च ये॥ संदंशयातनामध्ये पतंति भृशदारुणे॥ २०॥

Those who drop sacred rites in the middle and those who are fallen off from their duties in accordance with the stages of their life fall into the hell Sandaṃśa where the tortures are very terrible.

english translation