When Tārā released her child, a wondrous sight appeared before all: the newborn boy shone with the radiance and form of a god. Though he had just entered the world, his brilliance was so great that even the assembled gods were overwhelmed by his presence. The gods, astonished and curious, turned to one another and asked, “O fortunate one, tell us—whose child is this? Is he the son of Soma, or does he belong to Bṛhaspati?” Pressing Tārā for the truth, they implored, “Tārā, speak plainly—whose son is this radiant boy?” Tārā then revealed the secret she had held within her heart: “He is Soma’s. This boy, resembling a god, is the son of Soma.” Thus, the child received the name Budha, and his divine lineage was made known. Yet from this event, Soma himself was stricken with afflictions—leprosy and consumption plagued him. Longing to regain his beauty and to behold the gods once more, Soma journeyed swiftly to Avantī. There, after bathing, he worshipped the great liṅga of Someśvara with devotion. Pleased by Soma’s penance, the Lord assured him, “By my grace, Soma, your form will become beautiful again.” Thus, Vyāsa, the holy place of Someśvara and its sacred liṅga became renowned as exceedingly difficult to attain. But whoever, with senses controlled, reaches Somanātha in the auspicious month of Śrāvaṇa, especially in Saurāṣṭra, and worships Somanātha daily, receives great merit. Now, having bathed at the holy site called Anaraka and beheld the great god Maheśvara, Vyāsa inquired further: “By what sin do those who suffer fall into such places? How do living beings who commit evil deeds end up there?” Sanatkumāra replied, “Hear, O Vyāsa, of the hells—so many are established there, each known as a lower world, eternally famous as a giver of suffering. There are Raurava, Sūkara, Raudra, Tāla, and Vinaśaka; also Kuṃbhīpāka, Krakacana, Deva-Atidāruṇa, Adhomukha, Āsthibhaṅga, and Yaṃtrapīḍana. All these and others like them are dreadful hells, exceedingly terrible, into which men who delight in sinful deeds fall. There, through various and horrific torments, their wicked actions are exhausted. The servants of Yama hang them from the tips of great trees, impale them on iron spikes glowing like fire, beat them with rods covered in thorns, and burn them with blazing flames at every moment. He who gives false testimony or speaks with partiality, a drinker of liquor, a slayer of a Brahmin, a thief, or one who betrays gold, a destroyer of embryos, a killer of a teacher, a slayer of cows, and one who abandons food that has been offered—all such sinners are cooked on heated iron. The one who abandons sacred food goes to Kuṃbhīpāka, head downward, feet upward. He who betrays his master is cast into a blazing pot. Those who go to other men’s wives enter Krakacana. He who hates the gods, the twice-born, or ancestors, or defiles gems, and he who fails to serve his fathers, gods, or teachers, one who accepts gifts from outcastes—all these go headfirst into hell. The ungrateful, the slanderer, the cruel man, the false measurer, and the deceiver, those who consume lac, meat, broths, sesame, and intoxicating drinks, a honey thief, and a destroyer of villages—such a man goes to the dreadful Vaitaraṇī river. Thus, Vyāsa, are the fruits of sinful deeds, and thus are the worlds of suffering established for those who turn away from righteousness.