Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एष मे स्वर्गरूपेण नरकः समुपस्थितः । किमेतैर्भूषणैर्वस्त्रैर्विमानादिभिरेव च
eṣa me svargarūpeṇa narakaḥ samupasthitaḥ | kimetairbhūṣaṇairvastrairvimānādibhireva ca
«Pour moi, c’est l’enfer qui se présente sous l’apparence du ciel. À quoi servent ces parures, ces vêtements, et même ces vimānas et autres choses ?»
Vasusena (addressing Indra)
Scene: A dramatic contrast: glittering ornaments and vimānas surround the speaker, yet his face shows despair; he rejects the splendor as meaningless, calling it hell-in-heaven.
FAQs
Without inner satisfaction and dharmic completeness, external rewards become meaningless.
No specific site is stated in this verse.
None; it expresses vairāgya (disenchantment) born from karmic suffering.
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