Shloka 17
नरक-निर्णयः, पाप-कर्म-फल-व्यवस्था, प्रायश्चित्त-क्रमः, तथा हरि-स्मरण-परमत्वम्
करोति कर्णिनो यश् च यश् च खड्गादिकृन् नरः प्रयान्त्य् एते विशसने नरके भृशदारुणे
karoti karṇino yaś ca yaś ca khaḍgādikṛn naraḥ prayānty ete viśasane narake bhṛśadāruṇe
உயிரினங்களின் உறுப்புகளைச் சிதைப்பவனும், வாள் போன்ற ஆயுதங்களைச் செய்பவனும், மரணத்திற்குப் பின் மிகவும் கொடியதான 'விசஸனம்' என்னும் நரகத்தை அடைகிறார்கள்.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
Viśasana is presented as a realm of brutal slaughter where those who enable or practice severe violence—such as mutilation or manufacturing weapons for harm—experience the karmic echo of their actions.
Parāśara links specific harmful acts to a corresponding realm of suffering, emphasizing that actions shaping disorder and cruelty in the world ripen into proportionate consequences after death.
Even when Vishnu is not explicitly named, the Naraka doctrine functions within a Vishnu-centered moral cosmos where dharma sustains order; karmic law operates under the sovereignty of the Supreme who upholds cosmic justice.