गरुडपुराणम्
(गरुडपुराण इत्यस्मात् पुनर्निर्दिष्टम्)
गरुडपुराणम्(GarudaPuranam) अष्टादशपुराणेषु तृतीयप्रमुखं विष्णोः कीर्तनविषयकं च वर्तते । अत्र अचारकाण्डं (कर्मकाण्डं ) , धर्मकाण्डं ( प्रेतकाण्डं ), ब्रह्मकाण्डं (मोक्षकाण्डं) इति काण्डत्रयं, तेषु च ८८०० श्लोकाः सन्ति । अस्य पुराणस्य प्रथमः भागः विष्णुगरुडयोः संवादरूपेण अस्ति। द्वितीये भागे मरणोत्तरजीवनस्य विवरणम्, अपरक्रियाः, पुनर्जन्मनः व्यवस्था च उपवर्णिता अस्ति। अतः एव अस्य पठनं हिन्दुनाम् अन्त्येष्ट्यां क्रियते।
| गरुडपुराणम् | |
|---|---|
 गीताप्रेस गोरखपुरस्य आवरण पृष्ठम् | |
| लेखक | वेदव्यासः |
| देश | भारतम् |
| भाषा | संस्कृतम् |
| शृंखला | पुराणम् |
| विषय | विष्णुः भक्तिः |
| प्रकार | वैष्णवग्रन्थः |
| पृष्ठ | १९,००० श्लोक |
अष्टादशपुराणेषु अन्यतमं भवति गरुडपुराणम्। विष्णुः गरुडं प्रति उक्तमिदं तावत् १९००० श्लोकात्मकं इति नारदपुराण-भागवतपुराणादिषु गीयते। किन्तु इदानीं तावत् प्रायः ९०००श्लोकाः एव लभ्यन्ते। तच्च विषयभेदेन ब्रह्मखाण्ड-प्रेतखाण्डभेदेन द्वेधा। तथा धर्मखाण्ड-ब्रह्मखाण्ड-आचारखाण्डभेदेन त्रिधा इति च विभागः। तत्र
- धर्मखाण्डः-४९अध्यायः,
- ब्रह्मखाण्डः-२९अध्यायः,
- आचार्यखाण्डः-२४० अध्यायः।
- गरुडपुराणे तावत् देवतासृष्टिः,देवतातारतम्यं,देवतावतारः,कृष्णचरित्रं,प्रह्लादचरित्रं,लोकवर्णनंइत्यादि नैके विचाराः निरूपितः।
नरके प्रावधान कृता दण्डानां सूचिका
सम्पादयतु| नरकाणां नामावली | कुकर्माणि | दण्डानां नामावली |
| तमिस्र | परसम्पत्तिहरणम्, परस्त्रीं प्रति सम्मोहनम् इत्यादि | |
| अन्ध तमिस्र | ||
| रौरव | ||
| महारौरव | ||
| कुम्भिपाकः | भोजनार्थे हनमं | 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 |