अस्य संस्पर्शनादेव पीडा शतगुणा भवेत् । यथा व्यथासिकाष्ठैश्च समिद्धैर्दहनात्मकैः
asya saṃsparśanādeva pīḍā śataguṇā bhavet | yathā vyathāsikāṣṭhaiśca samiddhairdahanātmakaiḥ
От одного лишь прикосновения к нему мучение стало бы стократным — как жжение от яростно разожжённых, причиняющих боль поленьев.
Narrator (describing the contagion-like intensity of suffering in Naraka)
Tirtha: Raurava (naraka)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A hellscape where mere touch of the condemned intensifies pain a hundredfold; blazing stacks of firewood flare, suggesting hyperbolic heat and torment.
Sin is portrayed as intensifying suffering not only for oneself but even through association—urging purity of conduct and company.
None; the verse uses vivid Naraka imagery rather than praising a pilgrimage site.
None.
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