Shloka 34
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
अतः परं भीमतरेण तप्तकुम्भं निबोध मे ।
समन्ततस्तप्तकुम्भा वह्निज्वालासमावृताः ॥
ataḥ paraṃ bhīmataraṃ taptakumbhaṃ nibodha me / samantatas taptakumbhā vahnijvālāsamāvṛtāḥ
ഇനി തപ്തകുംഭം എന്ന അതിഭീകരമായ നരകത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്നിൽ നിന്ന് കേൾക്കുക. എല്ലാ വശങ്ങളിലും അഗ്നിജ്വാലകളാൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ട ചുട്ടുപഴുത്ത പാത്രങ്ങളുണ്ട്.
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FAQs
Actions (karma) ripen into proportionate experiences; cruelty and wrongdoing are depicted as leading to intense, inescapable suffering, urging restraint, compassion, and dharmic conduct.
This passage is ancillary dharma/karma instruction rather than one of the five core lakṣaṇas; it supports the Purāṇic aim of dharma by illustrating karma-phala (not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita directly).
The ‘cauldron’ imagery externalizes inner states: unchecked passions and harmful deeds ‘boil’ the mind; fire symbolizes the consuming nature of pāpa and the inescapability of its maturation.