Varaha Purana

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.

अथ धर्मराजपुरवर्णनम् तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम्

Now, the description of the city of Dharma-raja. Having heard the words of those sages of purified mind,

नाचिकेत उवाच योजनानां सहस्रं तु विस्तराद्द्विगुणायतम्

Naciketa spoke: 'Its breadth is a thousand yojanas, and its length is twice that.'

द्विगुणं परिवेषेण तद्वै प्रेतपतेः पुरम्

That city of the lord of the departed is encircled by a boundary twice as large.

हर्म्यप्रासादसंबाधमहाट्टालसमन्वितम्

It is crowded with mansions and palatial buildings, adorned with grand towers.

कैलासशिखराकारैर्भवनैरुपशोभितम्

It is beautified by residences resembling the peaks of Kailāsa.

दीर्घिकाश्च तथा कान्ता नलिन्यश्च सरांसि च

There are also lovely reservoirs, lotus ponds, and lakes.

नरनारीसमाकीर्णा गजवाजिसमाकुलाः

Men and women fill the place, and it is bustling with elephants and horses.

सर्वजीवैस्तथाकीर्णं तस्य राज्ञः पुरोत्तमम्

That excellent city of the king is thronged with all living beings.

क्वचिद्गायन् हसंश्चैव क्वचिद्दुःखेन दुःखितः

In some places, people are singing and laughing; in others, they are afflicted with sorrow.

क्वचिन्नृत्यन्क्वचित्तिष्ठन् क्वचिद्बन्धनसंस्थितः 196.

Some are dancing, some are standing, and some are confined in bondage.