Shloka 4

Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha

Sanskrit

योजनानां सहस्राणि सप्त पञ्च समन्ततः ।

तत्र ताम्रमयी भूमिरधस्तस्य हुताशनः ॥

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi sapta pañca samantataḥ /

tatra tāmramayī bhūmir adhas tasya hutāśanaḥ

Translation

Nach allen Seiten hin, über eine Ausdehnung von siebentausend und fünftausend Yojanas, liegt ein Boden aus Kupfer; und darunter ist Feuer.

Speakers

• Unspecified in provided excerpt (Markandeya Purana narrative voice; likely instructive discourse on karmic results)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Karma-phala
• Afterlife
• Cosmology