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वीर्यं स्वप्नेषु स्कंदेयुर्ये नरा ब्रह्मचारिणः॥ पुत्रा नाध्यापिता यैश्च ते पतंति श्वभोजने ॥ २१ ॥
The students who are guilty of nocturnal emission of their semen and the fathers who do not properly educate their sons fall into the Śvabhojana hell.
english translation
एते चान्ये च नरकाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पच्यते यातनागताः ॥ २२ ॥
There are hundreds and thousands of these and other hells where thousands of sinners undergo tortures and are scorched.
english translation
तथैव पापान्येतानि तथान्यानि सहस्रशः ॥ भुज्यंते यानि पुरुषैर्नरकांतरगोचरैः ॥ २३॥
These sins and others are thousands in number similarly, which the beings in the hells experience and try to wipe off.
english translation
वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धं च कर्म कुर्वंति ये नराः॥ कर्मणा मनसा वाचा निरये तु पतंति ते॥ २४॥
Those who perpetrate misdeeds contrary to the injunctions of caste and stages of life whether physically, mentally or verbally fall into hell.
english translation
अधश्शिरोभिर्दृश्यंते नारका दिवि दैवतैः॥ देवानधोमुखान्सर्वानधः पश्यंति नारकाः ॥ २५॥
The beings in the hells are seen standing upside down by the gods in the heaven. These beings see the gods also similarly with heads down, beneath them.
english translation