Shloka 35

ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तः तथा लैङ्गपुराणस्य संक्षेप-सूची

Devanagari script

नरकाणां स्वरूपं च दण्डः कर्मानुरूपतः स्वर्गिनारकिणां पुंसां चिह्नं जन्मान्तरेषु च

Transliteration

narakāṇāṃ svarūpaṃ ca daṇḍaḥ karmānurūpataḥ svarginārakiṇāṃ puṃsāṃ cihnaṃ janmāntareṣu ca

Translation

নৰকৰ স্বৰূপ, কৰ্মানুসাৰে দণ্ড, আৰু স্বৰ্গগামী বা নৰকগামী লোকৰ যি লক্ষণ পৰজন্মত প্ৰকাশ পায়—সেয়াও ব্যাখ্যা কৰা হৈছে।

Word by Word

• नरकाणाम्: of the hells

• स्वरूपम्: nature, essential form

• च: and

• दण्डः: punishment, chastisement

• कर्म-अनुरूपतः: in conformity with karma, according to deeds

• स्वर्गिन्-नारकिणाम्: of those destined for heaven and of those destined for hell

• पुंसाम्: of persons/souls (pashus)

• चिह्नम्: sign, mark, indicator

• जन्म-अन्तरेषु: in other births, in subsequent incarnations

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana’s teaching on karmic retribution to the sages of Naimisharanya)