Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
यम उवाच । असंख्या नरका विप्र यथा प्राणिगणाः क्षितौ । कृत्स्नशः कथितुं शक्या नैववर्षशतैरपि
yama uvāca | asaṃkhyā narakā vipra yathā prāṇigaṇāḥ kṣitau | kṛtsnaśaḥ kathituṃ śakyā naivavarṣaśatairapi
Yama dit : «Les enfers sont innombrables, ô brāhmaṇa, tout comme les êtres vivants sur la terre sont innombrables. On ne saurait les décrire entièrement, même en des centaines d’années.»
Yama (Dharmarāja)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa
Scene: Yama speaks with measured authority, gesturing to an endless horizon of shadowy realms—suggesting innumerable hells like countless beings on earth; the brāhmaṇa listens, humbled by the scale.
FAQs
Karmic outcomes are vast and varied; the tradition stresses ethical vigilance rather than curiosity alone.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it frames the scope of the teaching.