Shloka 36
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
क्षपयन्ति नरा घोरं नरकान्तरविवर्तिनः ।
तथैव राजन् पुण्यानि स्वर्गलोकेऽमरैः सह ॥
kṣapayanti narā ghoraṃ narakāntarvivartinaḥ / tathaiva rājan puṇyāni svargaloke 'maraiḥ saha
মানুহে বিভিন্ন নৰকত ঘূৰি ঘূৰি ভয়ংকৰ পাপ ক্ষয় কৰে। তেনেদৰে, হে ৰাজন, স্বৰ্গলোকে অমৰ দেৱসকলৰ সৈতে পুণ্যও ক্ষয় কৰে।
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FAQs
Both punishment and reward are temporary states tied to karmic balance: sin is exhausted in hell and merit is exhausted in heaven.
Moral-eschatological teaching; ancillary to purāṇic narrative structure, not a core lakṣaṇa.
Heaven and hell function as karmic ‘clearing houses’; the soul’s journey is governed by moral bookkeeping until liberation-oriented knowledge intervenes.