सर्वकुण्डप्रधानं च कुम्भीपाकं प्रकीर्तितम् । कालनिर्मितसूत्रेण निबद्धा यत्र पापिनः
Among all pits, Kumbhipaka is declared the chief; where sinners are bound by the thread woven by time.
उत्थापिताश्च दूतैश्च क्षणमेव निमज्जिताः । निःश्वासबद्धाः सुचिरं तथा मोहं गताः पुनः
Raised by the messengers and then submerged again, bound by breath for a long time, and again falling into delusion.
अतीव क्लेशसंयुक्ता देहभोगेन सुन्दरि । प्रतप्ततोययुक्तं च कालसूत्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
Endowed with extreme suffering through bodily experience, O beautiful one; the thread of time is said to be joined with heated water.
अवटः कूपभेदश्च मत्स्योदः स उदाहृतः । प्रतप्ततोयपूर्णं च चतुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम्
There is the pit, the well-like division, and the fish-water, so it is said; filled with heated water, measuring twenty-four units.
व्याप्तं महापातकिभिर्व्यादग्धाङ्गैश्च सन्ततम् । मद्दूतैस्ताडितैः शश्वदवटोदं प्रकीर्तितम्
Filled with great sinners, their limbs constantly burned, always struck by my messengers, the fish-water pit is declared.
यत्रोदस्पर्शमात्रेण सर्वव्याधिश्च पापिनाम् । भवेदकस्मात्पततां यस्मिन्कुण्डे धनुःशते
Where, by mere touch of the water, all diseases afflict the sinners; suddenly falling into the pit measuring a hundred bows.
अरुन्तुदैर्भक्षितैस्तु प्राणिभिर्यच्च सङ्कुलम् । हाहेति शब्दं कुर्वद्भिस्तदेवारुन्तुदं विदुः
Crowded with creatures called Aruntuda, devouring those who fall, making cries of 'ha ha', thus it is known as Aruntuda.
तप्तपांसुभिराकीर्णं ज्वलद्भिस्तुषदग्धकैः । तद्भक्षैः पापिभिर्युक्तं पांसुभोजैर्धनुःशतम्
Filled with heated sand, blazing and burned by chaff, joined with sinners who are eaten by sand-eaters, measuring a hundred bows.
पातमात्रेण पापी च पाशेन वेष्टितो भवेत् । क्रोशमात्रेण कुण्डं च तत्पाशवेष्टनं विदुः
By merely falling, the sinner becomes bound by a noose; at a distance of a krosha, the pit is known for binding with that noose.
पातमात्रेण पापी च शूलेन वेष्टितो भवेत् । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च शूलप्रोतं प्रकीर्तितम्
By merely falling, the sinner becomes bound by a spear; measuring twenty bows, the pit pierced with spears is declared.
पततां पापिनां यत्र भवेदेव प्रकम्पनम् । अतीव हिमतोयाक्तं क्रोशार्धं च प्रकम्पनम्
Where trembling occurs for sinners who fall; exceedingly cold water fills half a krosha, and trembling is declared.
ददत्येव हि मे दूता यत्रोल्काः पापिनां मुखे । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं तदुल्काभिश्च सुसङ्कुलम्
My messengers always place meteors in the mouths of sinners; measuring twenty bows, it is crowded with meteors.
लक्षपौरुषमानं च गम्भीरं च धनुःशतम् । नानाप्रकारकृमिभिः संयुक्तं च भयानकम्
A pit measuring one hundred puruṣas in depth and as wide as a hundred bows, terrifying and filled with various kinds of worms.
अत्यन्धकारव्याप्तं च कूपाकारं च वर्तुलम् । तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिर्युक्तं प्रणश्यद्भिः परस्परम्
Covered in utter darkness, round and shaped like a well, inhabited by sinful beings who devour each other as they perish.
तप्ततोयप्रदग्धैश्च ज्वलद्भिः कीटभक्षितैः । ध्वान्तेन चक्षुषा चान्धैरन्धकूपः प्रकीर्तितः
There, sinful ones are consumed by burning insects, scorched by boiling water, and blinded by darkness—this is called the blind well.
नानाप्रकारशस्त्रौघैर्यत्र विद्धाश्च पापिनः । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च वेधनं तत्प्रकीर्तितम्
Where sinners are pierced by many kinds of weapons, and the piercing is said to be as wide as twenty bows.
दण्डेन ताडिता यत्र मम दूतैश्च पापिनः । धनुःषोडशमानं च तत्कुण्डं दण्डताडनम्
Where sinners are struck with rods by my messengers, and the pit, measuring sixteen bows, is known as the place of rod-beating.
निरुद्धाश्च महाजालैर्यथा मीनाश्च पापिनः । धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणं च जालरन्ध्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
Where sinners are trapped by great nets like fish, and the opening of the net is said to be twenty bows wide.
पततां पापिनां कुण्डे देहश्चूर्णो भवेदिह । लोहबन्दीनिबद्धानां कोटिपौरुषमानकम्
In the pit where sinners fall, their bodies are crushed to powder; for those bound like iron prisoners, it measures ten million puruṣas.
गम्भीरं ध्वान्तसंयुक्तं धनुर्विंशत्प्रमाणकम् । मूर्च्छितानां जडानां च देहचूर्णं प्रकीर्तितम्
Deep, filled with darkness, and twenty bows in measure, it is said to be the place where the bodies of the unconscious and the dull are ground to powder.
दलिताः पापिनो यत्र मम दूतैश्च ताडिताः । धनुःषोडशमानं च तत्कुण्डं दलनं स्मृतम्
Where sinners are crushed and beaten by my messengers, the pit measuring sixteen bows is known as the place of crushing.
पतनेनैव पापी च शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः । बालुकासु च तप्तासु धनुस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणकम्
By falling, the sinner becomes parched in throat, lips, and palate, and in the pit filled with burning sand, measuring thirty bows.
शतपौरुषमानं च गम्भीरं ध्वान्तसंयुतम् । शोषणं कुण्डमेतद्धि पापिनां परदुःखदम्
A pit one hundred puruṣas deep, filled with darkness, measuring thirty bows, is called the pit of drying, causing suffering to sinners.
नानाचर्मकषायोदपरिपूर्णं धनुःशतम् । दुर्गन्धियुक्ततद्भक्ष्यैः प्राणिभिः सङ्कुलं कषम्
A pit one hundred bows in size, filled with various skins and astringent liquids, crowded with foul-smelling creatures that devour the sinful.
शूर्पाकारमुखं कुण्डं धनुर्द्वादशमानकम् । तप्तलोहबालुकाभिः पूर्णं पातकिसंयुतम्
A pit with a winnowing-basket-shaped mouth, measuring twelve bows, filled with burning iron sand and inhabited by the fallen.
दुर्गन्धियुक्तं तद्भक्ष्यैः पापिभिः सङ्कुलं सति । शूर्पाकारमुखं कुण्डं धनुर्द्वादशमात्रकम्
Foul-smelling, crowded with devouring sinners, the pit with a winnowing-basket-shaped mouth measures twelve bows.
प्रतप्तबालुकापूर्णं महापातकिभिर्युतम् । अन्तरग्निशिखानां च ज्वालाव्याप्तमुखं सदा
Filled with burning sand, inhabited by great sinners, and always filled with flames rising within.
धनुर्विंशतिमात्रं च प्रमाणं यस्य सुन्दरि । ज्वालाभिर्दग्धगात्रैश्च पापिभिर्व्याप्तमेव च
O beautiful one, the pit measures twenty bows, and is filled with sinners whose bodies are burned by flames.
तन्महाक्लेशदं शश्वत्कुण्डं ज्वालामुखं स्मृतम् । पातमात्राद्यत्र पापी मूर्च्छितो वै नरो भवेत्
That pit, always causing great torment, is known as the flaming-mouthed pit, where the sinner faints as soon as he falls in.
तप्तेष्टकाभ्यन्तरितं वाप्यर्धं जिह्मकुण्डकम् । धूमान्धकारसंयुक्तं धूम्रान्धैः पापिभिर्युतम्
Half a pond in size, lined with heated bricks, crooked in shape, filled with smoke and darkness, and inhabited by smoke-blinded sinners.