Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105
वालुकायोऽश्मस्थला च पच्यते यत्र दुष्कृती । अवीचिर्नरको यत्र यत्र यामलपर्वतौ
vālukāyo'śmasthalā ca pacyate yatra duṣkṛtī | avīcirnarako yatra yatra yāmalaparvatau
حيثُ تمتدّ أسرّةُ الرملِ المحرِقُ والأرضُ الصخرية، هناك يُطهى صاحبُ السوءِ في العذاب؛ وحيثُ جحيمُ «أفيتشي» (Avīci)؛ وحيثُ يقومُ جبلَا «يامالا» التوأمان—تلك هي المواطنُ المهيبة.
Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A stark infernal landscape: blazing sandbanks and jagged stone plains where sinners are tormented; in the distance, the abyss of Avīci and the looming twin Yāmala mountains.
FAQs
Actions have consequences described as concrete post-mortem suffering; dharmic purification is presented as a means to avoid such states.
No single earthly tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader teaching by contrasting the river’s purifying merit with hellish outcomes.
None directly in this verse; it continues the afterlife description that frames the benefit of the preceding vow/dāna.