Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
कर्मभिस्तव पापात्मन्वयं नरकमाश्रिताः । नरकं दश यास्यंति भविष्याश्च तथा भवान्
karmabhistava pāpātmanvayaṃ narakamāśritāḥ | narakaṃ daśa yāsyaṃti bhaviṣyāśca tathā bhavān
„Durch deine Taten, o sündhaft Gesinnter, haben wir in der Hölle Zuflucht genommen. Zehn Höllen sind noch zu durchschreiten—und auch du wirst ihnen künftig begegnen.“
Pitaraḥ (ancestors)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The king/descendant
Scene: Pitṛs point toward a terrifying vision of layered hells—ten successive infernal realms—while warning the king that he too will undergo them; the king stands shaken, half-lit by the possibility of redemption.
FAQs
Actions have consequences that can extend beyond oneself; persistent wrongdoing leads to severe karmic suffering, warned here as multiple hell-experiences.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a moral warning within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
No specific rite is detailed here; the emphasis is on abandoning sinful action and turning toward śubha-karman implied in adjacent verses.