Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 54
Yamapatha (The Road of Yama), Dāna-Phala, and the Imperishable Fruition of Karma
चंडलाद्याः प्रसह्यैतान्नरकेषु क्षिपंति च । स्वदुष्कर्मफलं ते तु भुक्त्वांते पापशेषतः ॥ ५४ ॥
caṃḍalādyāḥ prasahyaitānnarakeṣu kṣipaṃti ca | svaduṣkarmaphalaṃ te tu bhuktvāṃte pāpaśeṣataḥ || 54 ||
Kemudian para Caṇḍāla dan yang lain merampas mereka dengan paksa lalu mencampakkan mereka ke dalam neraka-neraka. Di sana mereka menanggung buah perbuatan jahat sendiri; dan apabila itu habis, yang tinggal hanyalah sisa dosa.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It reinforces the karmic principle that suffering in naraka is not arbitrary: beings are driven to hell to experience the exact fruits of their own evil actions, and only when those fruits are exhausted does the remaining “sin-residue” continue to bind them.
Indirectly, it motivates turning away from duṣkarma and toward dharma and devotion: bhakti is presented in the Purāṇic framework as a purifying orientation that counters sin-producing conduct and reduces bondage to painful post-death states.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline—avoiding actions that generate pāpa and its inevitable karmic results.