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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 5

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 2 · Verse 6.5

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Sanskrit Original

श्वभोजनो ऽथाप्रतिष्ठो अवीचिश च तथापरः इत्य एवमादयश चान्ये नरका भृशदारुणाः ।।

śvabhojano 'thāpratiṣṭho avīciś ca tathāparaḥ ity evamādayaś cānye narakā bhṛśadāruṇāḥ ||

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The dog-eater and the one who lacks stability, and Avīci, and others like them, are indeed very dreadful hells.