Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 12, Shloka 6
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
तस्यां बद्धः कराभ्यां च पद्भ्यां चैव यमानुगैः ।
मुच्यते पापकृन्मध्ये लुठमानः स गच्छति ॥
tasyāṃ baddhaḥ karābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ caiva yamānugaiḥ /
mucyate pāpakṛn madhye luṭhamānaḥ sa gacchati
Doon, ang masamang gumawa, na ginapos ang mga kamay at paa ng mga tagapaglingkod ni Yama, ay pinakakawalan sa gitna ng pook na iyon at nagpapatuloy, pumipilipit at gumugulong.
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FAQs
Moral order (ṛta/dharma) is portrayed as enforced: harmful deeds lead to compelled experience of suffering, emphasizing accountability beyond social concealment.
Ancillary Dharma teaching; it uses the purāṇic authority to describe karmic adjudication (often grouped with vaṃśānucarita/didactic sections rather than core sarga topics).
Bondage and ‘release’ together indicate the paradox of compulsion: the soul is ‘let go’ only into the momentum of its own karma, rolling forward under prior causes.