रुधिरांधो वैतरणी कृमिशः कृमिभोजनः । असिपत्रवनं कृष्णो लालाभक्ष्यश्च दारुमः
rudhirāṃdho vaitaraṇī kṛmiśaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ | asipatravanaṃ kṛṣṇo lālābhakṣyaśca dārumaḥ
रुधिरान्धो वैतरणी कृमिशः कृमिभोजनः। असिपत्रवनं कृष्णो लालाभक्ष्यश्च दारुमः—एतेऽपि नरकाः।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) [deduced]
Tirtha: Vaitaraṇī (infernal)
Type: river
Listener: interlocutor (mahāmati)
Scene: A grim procession through named hellscapes: blood-dark Rudhirāndha, the dreadful Vaitaraṇī river-crossing, worm-realms (Kṛmiśa/Kṛmibhojana), the sword-leaf forest Asipatravana, and other devouring/wooden torment realms.
The catalogue of narakas reinforces the Purāṇic ethic: harmful deeds mature into corresponding suffering, urging self-restraint and dharmic living.
No holy site is praised here; the verse continues the enumeration of hell-realms below Pātāla.
None in this verse.