गरुडः पुराणम्

गरुडपुराणम्
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लेखक	वेदव्यासः
देश	भारतम्
भाषा	संस्कृतम्
शृंखला	पुराणम्
विषय	विष्णुः भक्तिः
प्रकार	वैष्णवग्रन्थः
पृष्ठ	१९,००० श्लोक

गरूड़पुराणम् (आङ्ग्लभाषया Garuda Purana) अष्टादशसु महापुराणेषु अन्यतमम् अस्ति । इदं वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः।वैष्णव पुराणेषु एकम्। अस्य पुराणस्य प्रथमः भागः विष्णुगरुडयोः संवादरूपेण अस्ति। द्वितीये भागे मरणोत्तरजीवनस्य विवरणम्, अपरक्रियाः, पुनर्जन्मनः व्यवस्था च उपवर्णिता अस्ति। अतः एव अस्य पठनं हिन्दुनाम् अन्त्येष्ट्यां क्रियते।

नरके प्रावधान कृता दण्डानां सूचिका

नरकाणां नामावली	कुकर्माणि	दण्डानां नामावली
तमिस्र	परसम्पत्तिहरणम्, परस्त्रीं प्रति सम्मोहनम् इत्यादि
अन्ध तमिस्र
रौरव
महारौरव
कुम्भिपाकः	भोजनार्थे हत्या	यम किंकरद्वारा तप्त तैले दण्ड दियेते
कलसुथिर	Torturing and putting elders & parents in starvation	Same set of treatment in hell
असिपथिर	Abetting God and devolve from Dharma practises	Torture by evil spirits; results in fear
पनृमुख	Punishing innocent people and accomplice unlawful activiites	Grinding under the sharp teeth of a animal resembling pig
अन्थकुप	Torturing lives and inhumane activities	Biting by wild animals; wild run over by animals
अग्निकुण्ड	Snatching other's property by force, gaining undue advantage and unlawfully making best out of everything in the world	Roasting in agni kunda in inverted position with hands and legs ties under a stick
वज्रकण्डक	Unchaste people in physical contact with unmatching people	Physical hugging with fire spitting idols
कृमिभोजन	Selfish survival; eating other's work	Insects are left intruding the body
सम्माली	Unchaste relationships by kamukas	Thrashing with gadha
वैतरणी	Using official stature to attain undue advantge, acting against dharma	Submerging in Vaitharini river where water is mixed with blood, urine and feces
बूयोग	Shameless behaviour, mixing with unchaste women & leading the life without any motive	Biting by poisonous insects and animals
Prayanyoga	Torturing lives and killing them	Spanking the Life organs with arrows by Yama kinkaras
Pasusava	All devatas are in cows; torturing those cows	Slashing by canes
Sarameyathana	Gutting houses, torturing lives, poisoning lives, involving in massacre	Torture by unknown wild animals
Aveesi	Giving false evidence	Submerging and torturing in livebodies
Paribathana	Drinking and making others drink alcohol	Drinking lava
Sharakarthama	Involving in bad activities and defaming elders and living with selfish motives	Torture the Life organs by unknown spirits
Rakshogana	Performing narametha yaga, eating non vegetarian dishes and torturing soft animals	The same victims torture the hecklers
Soolaproga	Killing innocent people, masterminding people, committing suicide and doing nambike droha	Unknown birds peck and torture with shoola
Susimuga	Not doing any good, amassing wealth by wrong doings and stealing wealth	Stinging with nails and torturing with hunger and thirst
Kunthasootha	Not doing any good and always doing bad to others	Stinging by insects like scorpio
Vadaroga	Severrly torturing living beings	Handcuffed and burnt in fire
Piravarthana	Defaming guests and not treating them	Torturing with hunger and thirst
Lalapakshuga	Torturing wife and involving her in unchaste relationships	Same set of treatment in hell