Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 103
यदा तदा तु ते सर्वे तं गृह्य यमसन्निधौ । गत्वा निवेद्य तत्सर्वं यदुक्तं नारकैर्नरैः । नरके न स्थितिर्यस्य तस्य किं क्रियतां वद
yadā tadā tu te sarve taṃ gṛhya yamasannidhau | gatvā nivedya tatsarvaṃ yaduktaṃ nārakairnaraiḥ | narake na sthitiryasya tasya kiṃ kriyatāṃ vada
Dann, zu einer gewissen Zeit, ergriffen sie ihn alle und gingen in Yamas Gegenwart. Sie meldeten alles, was von den Wesen der Hölle gesprochen worden war: »Wer nicht einmal in der Hölle einen festen Ort hat—was soll mit ihm geschehen? Sage es uns.«
Kiṃkaras (Yama’s attendants), addressing Yama (deduced from context)
Scene: Attendants bring the bound sinner before Yama, narrating the hell-beings’ complaint: ‘He has no place even in hell—what is to be done?’ Yama sits as judge.
FAQs
Karma is administered with discernment: even hell has an order, and extraordinary sin demands a different corrective course.
None explicitly; the verse is part of a dharma-teaching narrative within Revā-khaṇḍa.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames a question about the sinner’s next destination.