Hi everyone!

I'm new to the forum and I was curious on the Hindu belief in Hell.

I was researching the Hindu version of hell (Naraka) on Wikipedia. And from everything I’ve seen, the teaching is that hell is temporary and one will be released from it when they have done their just punishment over time.

At the end of a paragraph on Wikipedia, the following is stated:


In a few texts, hell is described as a bottomless pit of darkness where souls are trapped for eternity and deprived of rebirth.


I was wondering what those texts were that said that, and if those texts held any weight? They seem to be a complete contradiction of what orthodox Hinduism believes. That is literally the only time I’ve ever heard of Hinduism believing in an eternal hell, and the source for it isn’t even cited on the Wikipedia.

I was wondering if anyone could clarify this. Are these texts something to be worried about?

For those interested in the link to where I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Hinduism)