Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 12, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
प्रपतन्ति सदा तत्र प्राणिनो नरकौकसः ।
तन्मध्ये च वनं रम्यं स्निग्धपत्रं विभाव्यते ॥
prapatanti sadā tatra prāṇino narakaukasaḥ | tanmadhye ca vanaṃ ramyaṃ snigdhapatraṃ vibhāvyate ||
ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಜೀವಿಗಳು ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀಳುತ್ತಲೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಅದರ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಳೆಯುವ, ದಟ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುವ ಎಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿತವಾದ ಮನೋಹರ ಅರಣ್ಯವು ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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FAQs
The ‘pleasant forest’ amid torment warns that craving and misperception persist even in suffering; ethical clarity must be cultivated before consequences ripen.
Serves as dharma-oriented instruction (karmaphala) rather than sarga/pratisarga etc.; Purāṇas often embed such warnings as practical ethics.
The attractive grove represents sense-objects (viṣaya) that appear soothing but conceal harm—an allegory for māyā-like misreading of appearances.