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

また、諸地獄の真の相と、各自のカルマに寸分違わず応じて生ずる刑罰を説き、さらに後の生において天界に赴いた者・地獄に堕ちた者を見分ける標（しるし）を述べる。

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)