1.Tamisram
Those who rob others of their wealth are bound with ropes by Yamraj’s (God of death) servants and cast into the Naraka (hell) known as Tamisram. There, they are given a thrashing until they bleed and faint. The whole process is practiced repeatedly on them until their time is up.
2.Andhatamtrsam
This hell is reserved for the husband or the wife who only treat their spouses well when they are to profit or pleasure to them. The punishment is almost the same as Tamisram, but the excruciating pain, suffered by the victims on being tied fast, makes them fall down senseless.
3.Rauravam
This is the hell for sinners who seize and enjoy others property or resources. Here they are tortured by serpents who kill them eventually.
4.Mahararuravam
This punishment is also to be killed by snakes, but it is fiercer. This hell is for those who deny the legitimate heirs, their inheritance and possess and enjoy others property. Here they are squeezed and bitten nonstop by deadly snakes coiling around them.
5.Kumbhipakam
This is the hell for those who kill animals for pleasure. Here oil is kept boiled in huge vessels and sinners are plunged in these vessels.
6.Kalasutram
This hell is terribly hot. Those who don’t respect their elders are sent here. Here they are made to run around in this unbearable heat and drop down exhausted from time to time.
7.Asitapatram
This hell is for those who abandon one’s own duty. They are flogged by Yama’s Servants with whips. They are also stabbed with knives until they drop unconscious.
8.Sukaramukham
Rulers who neglect their duties and oppress their subjects by misrule, are punished in this hell. They are crushed to a pulp by heavy beating.
9.Andhakupam
This is hell for those who oppress the good people and not helping them if requested despite having the resources. They will be pushed into a well, where beasts like Lions, tigers, eagles and venomous creatures like snakes and scorpions.
10.Taptamurti
Those who plunder or steal Gold and jewels are cast into the furnaces of this Naraka, which always remains hot in blazing fire.
11.Krimibhojanam
Those who do not honour their Guests and make use of men or women only for their own gain, are thrown into this Naraka. Worms, insects and serpents eat them alive.
12.Salmali
This hell is intended for men and women who have committed adultery.
13.Vajrakantakasali
This hell is the punishment for sinners who have unnatural intercourse with animals. Here, they are made to embrace iron images full of sharp diamond needles that pierce through their bodies.
14.Vaitarani
Rulers who abuse their power and adulterers are thrown here. It is the most terrible place of punishment. It is a river which is filled with human excreta, blood, hair, bones, nails, flesh and all kinds of dirty substances. The sinners have to spend the term of their punishment, feeding upon the contents of this river.
15.Puyodakam
This is a well filled with excreta, urine, blood, phlegm. Men who have intercourse and cheat women with no intention of marrying them are thrown in this well to get polluted by it’s content.
16.Pranarodham
This punishment is for those who constantly hunt and kill animals for food. Here the servants of Yama, gather around the sinners and cut them limb to limb while subjecting them to constant insult.
17.Visasanam
This hell is for the torture of those rich people who look down at the poor and spend excessively just to display their wealth and splendour. Here they are bashed nonstop by heavy clubs of Yama’s Servants.
18.Visasanam
This hell is for the torture of those rich people who look down at the poor and spend excessively just to display their wealth and splendour. Here they are bashed nonstop by heavy clubs of Yama’s Servants.
19.Lalabhaksam
This punishment is for lustful men. The lascivious fellows who make their wives swallow their semen, are cast into this hell. Lalabhaksam is a sea of semen. The sinner lies in it, feeding upon semen alone until his period of punishment.
20.Sarameyasanam
Those guilty of unsocial acts like poisoning food, mass slaughter, ruining the country are cast into this hell. There are thousands of dogs in this hell who attack the sinners and tear their flesh from their bodies with their teeth.
21.Avici
This Naraka is for those who are guilty for false witness and false swearing. There are hurled from a great height and they are utterly smashed into dust when they reached the ground.
22.Ayahpanam
Those who consume alcohol and other intoxicating drinks are sent here. They are then forced to drink melted iron in liquid form.
23.Raksobjaksam
Those who do animal and human sacrifices and eat the flesh after the sacrifice will be thrown in this hell. All the living beings they killed before would be there and they will join together to attacking, biting, and mauling the sinners. Their cries and complaints would be no avail here.
24.Sulaprotam
People who take the lives of others who have done no harm to them and those who deceives others by treachery are sent to this hell. They remain hungry and thirsty here.
25.Ksharakardamam
Braggarts and those who insult good people are cast into this hell. Yama’s servants keep the sinners upside down and torture them in many ways.
26.Dandasukam
Sinners who persecute others like animals will be sent here. There are many beasts here. They will be eaten alive by the beasts.
27.Vatarodham
This hell is for those who persecute animals, which live in forests, mountain peaks and trees. After throwing them in this hell, sinners are tortured with fire, poison and various weapons.
28.Paryavartanakam
One who denies food to a hungry person and abuses him is thrown here. They are pierced by deadly birds here.
These are some shorted punishments from Garuda Puran, hope you like it.
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