Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71
कृत्वा द्वादशधात्मानं सम्प्राप्ते प्रलये यथा । सुतीक्ष्णाः कण्टका यत्र यत्र श्वानः सुदारुणाः
kṛtvā dvādaśadhātmānaṃ samprāpte pralaye yathā | sutīkṣṇāḥ kaṇṭakā yatra yatra śvānaḥ sudāruṇāḥ
كأنّ كيانه قد انشطر إلى اثني عشر جزءًا، كما عند مجيء الفناء، دخل نواحي تكثر فيها الأشواك الحادّة كالموسى، وحيث توجد في كل منعطف كلابٌ ضاريةٌ مُرعبة.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A soul staggers through a wasteland of razor thorns; at every turn, ferocious dogs snarl and lunge; the sufferer feels as if split into many parts, like during cosmic dissolution.
FAQs
Adharma yields intense, multi-layered suffering; the Purāṇic imagery warns the listener to choose restraint, truth, and non-violence.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse depicts the punitive realms associated with Yama’s path.
None.