Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.21

narakasvarūpavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
tasyānubhāvaṃ bhagavān brahmaputraḥ sanātanaḥ /
sabhāyāṃ brahmadevasya gāyamāna upāsate

utpattisthitilayahetavo'sya kalpāḥ
sattvādyāḥ prakṛtiguṇā yadīkṣayā''san /
yad‌rūpaṃ dhruvamakṛtaṃ yadekamātman-
nānādhātkathamuha veda tasya vartma

mūrtiṃ naḥ purukṛpayā babhāra sattvaṃ
saṃśuddhaṃ sadasadidaṃ vibhāti yatra /
yallīlāṃ mṛgapatirādade'navadyā-
mādātuṃ svajanamanāṃsyudāravīryaḥ

yannāma śrutamanukīrtayedakasmā-
dārto vā yadi patitaḥ pralambhanādvā /
hantyaṃhaḥ sapadi nṛṇāmaśeṣamanyaṃ
kaṃ śeṣād‍bhagavata āśrayetyumukṣuḥ

mūrdhanyarpitamaṇuvatsahasramūrdhno
bhūgolaṃ sagirisaritsamudrasattvam /
ānantyādanamitavikramasya bhūmnaḥ
ko vīryāṇyadhigaṇayetsahasrajihvaḥ

evaṃprabhāvo bhagavānananto
durantavīryoruguṇānubhāvaḥ /
mūle rasāyāḥ sthita ātmatantro
yo līlayā kṣmāṃ sthitaye bibharti

etā hyeveha tu nṛbhirgatayo munisattama /
gantavyā bahuśo yadvadyathākarmavinirmitāḥ

yathopadeśaṃ ca kāmānsadā kāmayamānakaiḥ /
etāvatīrhi rājendra manuṣyamṛgapakṣiṣu

vipākagatayaḥ proktā dharmasya vaśagāstathā /
uccāvacā visadṛśā yathāpraśnaṃ nibodhata

nārada uvāca
vaicitryametallokasya kathaṃ bhagavatā kṛtam /
samānatve karmaṇāṃ ca tanno brūhi yathātatham

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
kartuḥ śraddhāvaśādeva gatayo'pi pṛthagvidhāḥ /
triguṇatvātsadā tāsāṃ phalaṃ visadṛśaṃ tviha

sāttvikyā śraddhayā kartuḥ sukhitvaṃ jāyate sadā /
duḥkhitvaṃ ca tathā kartū rājasyā śraddhayā bhavet

duḥkhitvaṃ caiva mūḍhatvaṃ tāmasyā śraddhayoditam /
tāratamyāttu śraddhānāṃ phalavaicitryamīritam

anādyavidyāvihitakarmaṇāṃ pariṇāmajāḥ /
sahasraśaḥ pravṛttāstu gatayo dvijapuṅgava

tad‍bhedānvarṇayiṣyāmi prācuryeṇa dvijottama /
trijagatyā antarāle dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśīha vai

bhūmeradhastādupari tvatalasya ca nārada /
agniṣvāttāḥ pitṛgaṇā vartante pitaraśca ha

vasanti yasyāṃ svīyānāṃ gotrāṇāṃ paramāśiṣaḥ /
satyāḥ samādhinā śīghraṃ tvāśāsānāḥ pareṇa vai

pitṛrājo'pi bhagavān sampareteṣu jantuṣu /
viṣayaṃ prāpiteṣveṣu svakīyaiḥ puruṣairiha

sagaṇo bhagavatproktājñāparo damadhārakaḥ /
yathākarma yathādoṣaṃ vidadhāti vicāradṛk

svāngaṇāndharmatattvajñānsarvānājñāpravartakān /
sadā prerayati prājño yathādeśaniyojitān

narakānekaviṃśatyā saṃkhyayā varṇayanti hi /
aṣṭāviṃśamitānkecittānanukramato bruve

tāmisra andhatāmisro rauravo'pi tṛtīyakaḥ /
mahārauravanāmā ca kumbhīpāko'paro mataḥ

kālasūtraṃ tathā cāsipatrāraṇyamudāhṛtam /
sūkarasya mukhaṃ cāndhakūpo'tha kṛmibhojanaḥ

saṃdaṃśastaptamūrtiśca vajrakaṇṭaka eva ca /
śālmalī cātha devarṣe nāmnā vairataṇī tathā

pūyodaḥ prāṇarodhaśca tathā viśasanaṃ matam /
lālābhakṣaḥ sārameyādanamuktamataḥ param

avīcirapyayaḥ pānaṃ kṣārakardama eva ca /
rakṣogaṇākhyasambhojaḥ śūlaproto'pyataḥ param

dandaśūko'vaṭārodhaḥ paryāvartanakaḥ param /
sūcīmukhamiti proktā aṣṭāviṃśatinārakāḥ

ityete nārakā nāma yātanābhūmayaḥ parāḥ /
karmabhiścāpi bhūtānāṃ gamyāḥ padmajasambhava

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavatemahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
narakasvarūpavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ