Varaha Purana

कन्यानां दूषका ये च ये च पापरता नराः

Those who defile maidens, and men devoted to wickedness,

शूद्राणां याजकाश्चैव हाहाभूता द्विजातयः

Those who act as priests for Shudras, and twice-born ones who have become a disgrace,

सुरापो ब्रह्महा चैव यो द्विजो वीरघातकः

A drinker of liquor, a Brahmin-killer, or a twice-born who slays a hero,

मातृत्यागी पितृत्यागी यः स्वसाध्वीं परित्यजेत्

One who abandons his mother, or his father, or who forsakes his virtuous wife,

गृहक्षेत्रहरा ये च सेतुबन्धविनाशकाः

Those who steal houses or fields, and those who destroy bridges,

अशौचा निर्दयाः पापा हिंसका व्रतभञ्जकाः

Those who are impure, merciless, sinful, violent, or breakers of vows,

भूम्यामनृतवादी च वेदजीवी च यो द्विजः 195.१

A liar regarding land, or a twice-born who lives off the Veda,

सर्वपापसुसङ्गाश्च चिन्तका येऽतिवैरिणः

Those who associate with all kinds of sinners, and those who harbor intense enmity,

परवित्तापहारी च राजघाती च यो नरः

One who steals another's wealth, or a man who kills a king,

शुश्रूषया च मुक्ता ये लिङ्गिनः पापकर्मिणः

Those who have abandoned service, and those wearing marks but engaged in evil deeds,

देवागारांश्च सत्राणि तीर्थविक्रयिणस्तथा

Those who sell temples, sacrificial grounds, or holy places,

मिथ्या च नखरोमाणि धारयन्ति च ये नराः

And those men who falsely wear nails or hair,

अज्ञानादव्रती यश्च यश्चाश्रमबहिष्कृतः

One who, out of ignorance, neglects vows, or who is expelled from his order,

कलही च प्रतर्क्यश्च निष्ठुरश्च नराधमः

Quarrelsome, argumentative, harsh, and the lowest among men.

स्त्रियो नराश्च गच्छन्ति यत्र तच्छृणुतामलाः

Women and men go to that place; listen to this, O pure ones.

तानि वै कथयिष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सर्व एव तपोधनाः।।195.

I will indeed describe those places; hear, O best of twice-born. Thus, having heard his words, all the ascetics,

पप्रच्छुर्विस्मयाविष्टा नाचिकेतमृषिं तदा त्वया सर्वं यथा दृष्टं ब्रूहि तत्र विदां वर

Asked the sage Naciketa, filled with wonder: 'Tell us everything as you have seen it, O best among the wise.'

यथास्वरूपः कालोऽसौ येन सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते

What is the true nature of that Time by which all things are set in motion?

वारयेत्स तदा तं तु ब्रह्मलोके च स प्रभुः

He restrains it then; and in the world of Brahma, he is the master.

न नाशो हि शरीरस्य तस्मिन्देशे तपोधनाः

There is no destruction of the body in that place, O ascetics.

अवश्यं चैव गन्तव्यं तस्य पार्श्वं पुनःपुनः

One must indeed go to his side again and again.

न गच्छन्ति च ये तत्र दानेन निगमेन च

Those who do not go there are those who practice charity and the Vedas.

रौरवो वा कथं विप्र किंरूपं कूटशाल्मलेः

O Brahmin, what is Raurava like? What is the form of Kūṭaśālmalī?

किं च किंच तु कुर्वाणाः किंच किंच समाचरन्

And what do they do, what do they practice there?

धृतिं न लभते किंचित्तैस्तैर्दोषैः सुवासिताः

They do not attain firmness; those who are perfumed with those faults.

बोद्धव्यं नावबुध्यन्ते गुणानां तु गुणोत्तरम् 195.

Though it should be understood, they do not comprehend the highest of virtues.

परं परमजानन्तो रमन्ते कस्य मायया

Not knowing the supreme, they delight in whose illusion?

एतत्कथय वत्स त्वं यतः प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान्

Tell this, dear one, since you have seen it directly.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे संसारचक्रे यमलोकस्थपापिवर्णनं नाम पञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Sins in the Realm of Yama in the Cycle of Samsara,' in the glorious Varaha Purana.