Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
कशाभिर्घातितोत्यंतमाराभिः परितोदितः । वमन्रुधिरमास्येन नीतस्तैः स यमाग्रतः
kaśābhirghātitotyaṃtamārābhiḥ paritoditaḥ | vamanrudhiramāsyena nītastaiḥ sa yamāgrataḥ
Schwer mit Peitschen geschlagen und ringsum mit Stacheln getrieben, Blut aus dem Mund erbrechend, wurde er von ihnen in die Gegenwart von Yama geführt.
Maheśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī/Gaṅgā (contextual counterpoint)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Yama’s attendants drag the victim along, striking with whips and prodding with goads; he vomits blood; ahead looms Yama’s court—dark, imposing, judicial.
FAQs
The Purāṇa portrays karmic retribution vividly to awaken repentance and restore commitment to dharma and sacred discipline.
No holy site is glorified here; the verse describes Yama’s adjudicatory realm, setting up the salvific contrast associated with Kāśī and Gaṅgā.
None directly; it implies the importance of dharma-observance to avoid such post-death suffering.