षडशीतिश्च कुण्डानि संयमन्यां च सन्ति च
There are eighty-six pits, and also others in the realm of restraint.
वह्निकुण्डं तप्तकुण्डं क्षमकुण्डं भयानकम्
There is the pit of fire, the heated pit, the pit of endurance, and the dreadful one.
गरकुण्डं दूषिकाकुण्डं वसाकुण्डं तथैव च
There is the pit of poison, the pit of filth, and likewise the pit of fat.
कुण्डं गात्रमलानां च कर्णविट्कुण्डमेव च
There is the pit for bodily impurities, and also the pit for earwax.
लोम्नां कुण्डं केशकुण्डमस्थिकुण्डं च दुःखदम् 2.29.
There is the pit of hair, the pit of head hair, and the pit of bones, all causing pain.
तीक्ष्णकण्टककुण्डं च विषकुण्डं च विघ्नदम्
There is the pit of sharp thorns, the pit of poison, both causing obstacles.
प्रतप्ततैलकुण्डं च दन्तकुण्डं च दुर्वहम्
There is the pit of boiling oil, and the pit of teeth, both unbearable.
मशकुण्डं दंशकुण्डं भीमं गरलकुण्डकम्
There is the pit of flies, the pit of biting insects, and the terrible pit of venom.
शरकुण्डं शूलकुण्ड खड्गकुण्डं च भीषणम्
There is the pit of arrows, the pit of spears, and the dreadful pit of swords.
सञ्चालकुण्डं वाजकुण्डं बन्धकुण्डं सुदुस्तरम्
There is the pit of shaking, the pit of horses, and the pit of bondage, all extremely difficult to cross.
लालाकुण्डमसिकुण्डं चूर्णकुण्डं सुदारुणम्
The pit of saliva, the pit of ashes, the pit of powder, exceedingly dreadful,
ज्वालकुण्डं भस्मकुण्डं पूतिकुण्डं च सुन्दरि
The pit of flames, the pit of ashes, the pit of putrefaction, O beautiful one,
गोधामुखं नक्रमुखं गजदंशं च गोमुखम्
The mouth of the monitor lizard, the mouth of the crocodile, the bite of the elephant, and the mouth of the cow,
पांशुभोजं पाशवेष्टं शूलप्रोतं प्रकम्पनम्
Eating earth, being bound by a noose, being impaled on a spear, and trembling,
जालबन्धं देहचूर्णं दलनं शोषणङ्करम् 2.29.
Being enclosed in a net, the body reduced to powder, crushing, and causing desiccation.
कुण्डान्येतानि सावित्रि पापिनां क्लेशदानि च
These pits, O Sāvitrī, are the sources of torment for the sinful.
दण्डहस्तैः शूलहस्तैः पाशहस्तैर्भयङ्करैः
With those bearing rods, those bearing spears, those bearing nooses, terrifying,
तमोयुक्तैर्दयाहीनैर्दुर्निवार्य्यं च सर्वतः
Endowed with darkness, devoid of compassion, impossible to escape from on all sides,
योगयुक्तैः सिद्धयोगैर्नानारूपधरैर्वरैः
Endowed with yoga, accomplished in yoga, assuming various excellent forms,
स्वकर्मनिरतैः शैवैः शाक्तैः सौरैश्च गाणपैः
Engaged in their own actions, Shaivas, Shaktas, Sauras, and Gāṇapatas,
स्वधर्म्मनिरतैर्वाऽपि विरतैर्वा स्वतन्त्रकैः
Or even those devoted to their own dharma, or those who have renounced, or those who are independent,
एतत्ते कथितं साध्वि कुण्डसंख्यानिरूपणम्
Thus, O virtuous one, the enumeration of the pits has been described to you.
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे नारदनारायणसंवादे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे सावित्र्युपाख्याने यमसावित्रीसंवादे नरककुण्डसंख्यानं नामैकोनत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, named 'Enumeration of the Hellish Pits,' in the dialogue between Yama and Sāvitrī, within the narrative of Sāvitrī, in the second book, Prakṛti-khaṇḍa, of the great Purāṇa, the Brahma-vaivarta, in the conversation between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa.
2.30 यम उवाच तपस्वी ब्रह्मचारी च न याति नरकं यतिः
Yama said: The ascetic, the celibate, and the renunciant do not go to hell.
कटुवाचा बान्धवांश्च खलत्वेन च यो नरः
A man who speaks harshly to his relatives, or behaves wickedly,
गात्रलोमप्रमाणाब्दं तत्र स्थित्वा हुताशने
Having remained there for a period measured by the time it takes for hair to grow, in the fire,
ब्राह्मणं तृषितं क्षुब्धं प्रतप्तं गृहमागतम्
A brāhmaṇa, thirsty, agitated, tormented, having come to the house,
तत्र लोमप्रमाणाब्दं स्थित्वा तत्र च दुःखितः
There, having remained for a period measured by the time it takes for hair to grow, and suffering there,
रविवारार्कसंक्रान्त्याममायां श्राद्धवासरे
On Sundays, during the sun’s transition, in the month of Māgha, or on the day of a śrāddha ceremony—
स याति क्षारकुण्डं च सूत्रमानाब्दमेव च
—whoever commits such acts goes to the pool of brine and remains there for a year.