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 ||
پھر چنڈال وغیرہ انہیں زبردستی پکڑ کر دوزخوں میں پھینک دیتے ہیں۔ وہاں وہ اپنے بداعمالیوں کا پھل بھگتتے ہیں؛ جب وہ ختم ہو جائے تو صرف گناہ کا باقی ماندہ اثر رہ جاتا ہے۔
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.