Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
कशाभिर्घातितोत्यंतमाराभिः परितोदितः । वमन्रुधिरमास्येन नीतस्तैः स यमाग्रतः
kaśābhirghātitotyaṃtamārābhiḥ paritoditaḥ | vamanrudhiramāsyena nītastaiḥ sa yamāgrataḥ
Dipukuli dengan cambuk dan ditusuk-tusuk dengan tongkat runcing, sambil memuntahkan darah dari mulutnya, dia digiring oleh mereka ke hadapan 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.