Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
कशाभिर्घातितोत्यंतमाराभिः परितोदितः । वमन्रुधिरमास्येन नीतस्तैः स यमाग्रतः
kaśābhirghātitotyaṃtamārābhiḥ paritoditaḥ | vamanrudhiramāsyena nītastaiḥ sa yamāgrataḥ
Beaten severely with whips and prodded all around with goads, vomiting blood from his mouth, he was led by them into the presence of Yama.
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.