Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
तप्तायःशयनं चैव संतप्तांबुनिषेचनम् । सूचिप्रक्षेपणं चैव नेत्रयोर्मुखसंधिषु
taptāyaḥśayanaṃ caiva saṃtaptāṃbuniṣecanam | sūciprakṣepaṇaṃ caiva netrayormukhasaṃdhiṣu
Se coucher sur du fer chauffé à blanc, être aspergé d'eau bouillante et l'enfoncement d'aiguilles dans les yeux et les jointures de la bouche.
Skanda (deduced from Setu Māhātmya-style narration)
Tirtha: Setutīrtha (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Didactic tableau of hellish punishments: a sinner forced onto a red-hot iron bed, scalded by boiling water, and pierced by needles at eyes and mouth-joints; a distant contrast implied—cool, purifying Setu waters and sands as refuge.
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It intensifies the warning about pāpa’s fruits, setting up the Mahātmya’s promise of purification through sacred observance at Setu.
Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara), the pilgrimage focus of the Setukhaṇḍa.
No explicit instruction here; the larger passage points to Setu snāna as the saving practice.