अपरेणोत्कलाच्चैव ह्यावेदिभ्यश्च पञ्चमम्। एकभूतात्मनोस्यैतद्वामनस्य वनं स्मृतम् ॥ ८.
With another boundary, from the north and also from the Āvedis, the fifth, this is remembered as the forest of the dwarf-bodied one.
अपरेण तु लौहित्यमासिन्धोः पश्चिमेन तु। यमस्यैतद्वनं प्रोक्तमनुपर्वतमेव तत् ॥ ८.
With another boundary, the Lauhitya river, and to the west of the ocean, this forest of Yama is described, lying along the mountains.
भूतिर्विजज्ञे भूतांश्च रुद्रस्यानुचरान् प्रभोः। स्थूलान् कृशांश्च दीर्घांश्च वामनान् ह्रस्वकान् समान् ॥ ८.
Bhūti gave birth to beings and to the attendants of Rudra, the Lord—some massive, some thin, some tall, some dwarfish, some short, some of equal stature.
लम्बकर्णान् प्रलम्बोष्ठान् लम्बजिह्वास्तनोदरान्। एकरूपान् द्विरूपांश्च लम्बस्फिक्स्थूलपिण्डिकान् ॥ ८.
With pendant ears, hanging lips, drooping tongues, and sagging breasts and bellies; some with single forms, some with double forms, some with heavy buttocks and thick calves.
सरोवरसमुद्रादिनदीपुलिनवासिनः। कृष्णान् गौरांश्च नीलांश्च श्वेतांश्च लोहितारुणान् ॥ ८.
Dwelling in lakes, ponds, seas, and riverbanks; black, fair, blue, white, and red-hued beings.
बभ्रून् वै शबलान् धूम्रान् कद्रून् रासभदारूणान्। मुञ्जकेशान् हृषीकेशान् सर्पयजोपवीतिनः ॥ ८.
Brown, spotted, smoky, tawny, harsh as wild asses; with munja grass-like hair, bristling hair, and those wearing serpents as sacred threads.
विसृष्टाक्षान् विरूपाक्षान् कृशाक्षानेकलोचनान्। बहुशीर्षान् विशीर्षांश्च एकशीर्षांश्च शीर्षकान् ॥ ८.
With protruding eyes, deformed eyes, thin eyes, and many-eyed; with many heads, headless, and single-headed ones.
चण्डांश्च विकटांश्चैव विरोमान् रोमशांस्तथा। अन्धांस्व जटिलांश्चैव कुञ्जान् हेषकवामनान् ॥ ८.
Fierce and monstrous, hairy and very hairy; blind, matted-haired, dwarfish, and those who neigh like horses.
सरोवरसमुद्रादिनदीपुलिनसेविनः। एककर्णान् महाकर्णान् शङ्कुकर्णानकर्णिकान् ॥ ८.
Dwelling in lakes, ponds, seas, and riverbanks; with single ears, great ears, conch-shaped ears, and those without ears.
दंष्ट्रिणो नखिनश्चैव निर्द्दन्तांश्च द्विजिह्वकान्। एकहस्तान् द्विहस्तांश्च त्रिहस्तांश्चाप्यहस्तकान् ॥ ८.
With tusks, with claws, toothless, double-tongued; with one hand, two hands, three hands, and those without hands.
एकपादान् द्विपादांश्च त्रिपादान् बहुपादकान् । महायोगान् महासत्त्वान् सुतपक्वान् महाबलान् ॥ ८.
With one foot, two feet, three feet, and many feet; of great yogic power, great strength, intense austerity, and immense might.
सर्वत्रगानप्रतिघान् ब्रह्मज्ञान् कामरूपिणः । घोरान् क्रूरांश्च मेध्यांश्च शिवान् पुण्यान् सवादिनः ॥ ८.
Moving everywhere, unobstructed, knowing Brahman, able to assume any form; terrible, cruel, pure, auspicious, virtuous, and eloquent.
कुशहस्तान् महाजिह्वान् महाकर्णान्महाननान्। हस्तादांश्च मुखादांश्च शिरोदांश्च कपालिनः ॥ ८.
With kusa grass in hand, great tongues, great ears, great jaws; those who eat with their hands, mouths, or heads, and those adorned with skulls.
धन्विनो मुद्गरधरानसिशूलधरांस्तथा। दीप्तास्यान् दीप्तनेत्रांश्च चित्र माल्यानुलेषनान् ॥ ८.
Archers, wielders of clubs, swords, and spears; with blazing mouths, blazing eyes, adorned with varied garlands and ointments.
अन्नादान् पिशितादांश्च बहुरूपान् सुरूपकान् । रात्रिसन्ध्याचरान् घोरान् व्कचित्सौम्यान् दिवाचरान्। नक्तञ्चरान् सुदुष्प्रेक्ष्यान् घोरांस्तान् वै निशाचरान् ॥ ८.
Eaters of food and flesh, of many forms, of beautiful forms; those who move at night and dusk, terrible ones, some gentle, those who move by day, those who roam at night, hard to behold, those fearsome night-wanderers.
परत्वे च भयं दैव सर्वे ते गतमानसाः। नैषां भार्याऽस्ति पुत्रो वा सर्वे ते ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः ॥ ८.
For them, fear of others and fate is gone, their minds are detached; they have neither wife nor son, for all are of upward-flowing seed.
शतन्तानि सहस्राणि भूतानामात्मयोगिनाम्। एते सर्वे महात्मानो भूत्याः पुत्राः प्रकीर्त्तिताः ॥ ८.
Hundreds and thousands of beings, self-controlled by their own power—these all, great-souled, are declared to be the sons of Bhūti.
कपिशा चैव कूष्माण्डीकूष्माण्डाञ्जज्ञिरे पुनः । मिथुनानि पिशाचानां वर्णेन कपिशेन च। कपिशत्वात् पिशाचास्ते सर्वे च पिशिताशनाः ॥ ८.
And tawny Kūṣmāṇḍas were born again, as well as pairs of Piśācas with tawny color; because of their tawny hue, all those Piśācas are flesh-eaters.
युग्मानि षोडशान्यानि वर्त्तमानास्तदन्वयाः। नामतस्तान् प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरुषादांस्तदन्वयान् ॥ ८.
There are sixteen pairs, along with their lineages, currently existing; I will now name them, beginning with the flesh-eaters and their descendants.
छगलश्छगली चैव वक्रो वक्रमुखी तथा। षोडशानां गणाश्चैव सूची सूचीमुखस्तथा ॥ ८.
Chagala and Chagalī, Vakra and Vakramukhī, Sūcī and Sūcīmukha are among the sixteen groups.
सुम्भपा त्रश्च कुमभी च वज्रदंष्ट्रश्च दुन्दुभिः। उपचारोपचारश्च उलूखल उलूखली ॥ ८.
Sumbhapātra, Kumabhī, Vajradaṃṣṭra, Dundubhi, Upacāra, Upacārā, Ulūkhala, and Ulūkhalī are also included.
अनर्कश्च अनर्का च कुखण्डश्च कुखण्डिका। पाणिपात्रः पाणिपात्री पांशुः पांशुमती तथा ॥ ८.
Anarka and Anarkā, Kukhaṇḍa and Kukhaṇḍikā, Pāṇipātra and Pāṇipātrī, Pāṃśu and Pāṃśumatī as well.
नितुण्डश्च नितुण्डी च निपुणा निपुणस्तथा। छलादोच्छेषणा चैव प्रस्कन्दः स्कन्दिका तथा। षोडशानां पिशाचानां गणाः प्रोक्तास्तु षोडश ॥ ८.
Nituṇḍa and Nituṇḍī, Nipuṇa and Nipuṇā, Chalādoccheṣaṇā, Praskanda and Skandikā—these are the sixteen groups of Piśācas that have been described.
अजामुखा वक्रमुखाः पूरिणः स्कन्दिनस्तथा। विपादाङ्गारिकाश्चैव कुम्भपात्राः प्रकुन्दकाः ॥ ८.
Ajāmukhā, Vakramukhā, Pūriṇas, Skandinas, Vipādāṅgārikās, Kumbhapātrās, and Prakundakās.
उपचारोलूखलिका ह्यनर्काश्च कुखण्डिकाः। पाणिपात्राश्च नैतुण्डा ऊर्णाशा निपुणास्तथा ॥ ८.
Upacārolūkhalikās, Anarkās, Kukhaṇḍikās, Pāṇipātrās, Naituṇḍās, Ūrṇāśās, and Nipuṇās as well.
सूचीमुखोच्छेषणादाः कुलान्येतानि षोडश। इत्येता ह्यभिजातास्तु कूष्माण्डानां प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ८.
Sūcīmukhās, Uccheṣaṇādās—these sixteen lineages are named; these are the noble families of the Kūṣmāṇḍas.
पिशाचास्ते तु विज्ञेयाः सुकल्पा इति जज्ञिरे। बीभत्सं विकृताचारं पुत्रपौत्रमनन्तकम्। अतस्तेषां पिशाचानां लक्षणञ्च निबोधत ॥ ८.
These Piśācas are to be known as the well-formed ones; they are born with dreadful and perverse conduct, with endless offspring and descendants. Therefore, listen to the characteristics of these Piśācas.
सर्वाङ्गकेशा वृत्ताख्या दंष्ट्रिणो नखिनस्तथा। तिर्यङ्गाः पुरुषादाश्च पिशाचास्ते ह्यधोमुखाः ॥ ८.
Covered in hair all over, called Vṛttākhyā, with fangs and claws, their bodies are askew; these flesh-eating Piśācas have faces turned downward.
अकेशका ह्यरोमाणस्त्वग्वसाश्चर्मवाससः। कूष्माण्डिकाः पिशाचास्ते तिलभक्षाः सदामिषाः ॥ ८.
Some are hairless, without body hair, clothed in skin and sinew; these Kūṣmāṇḍika Piśācas always eat sesame seeds and meat.
वक्राङ्गहस्तपादाश्च वक्रशीलागतास्तथा। ज्ञेया वक्रपिशाचास्ते वक्रगाः कामरूपिणः ॥ ८.
With crooked limbs, hands, and feet, and given to crooked behavior, these are known as the crooked Piśācas, who move in twisted ways and can assume any form at will.