Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
तप्तांबरीषतुल्येन अयोगुडनिभेन च । प्रतप्तसिकतेनापि ताम्रपात्रनिभेन च
taptāṃbarīṣatulyena ayoguḍanibhena ca | prataptasikatenāpi tāmrapātranibhena ca
តាមផ្លូវនោះ វាត្រូវទុក្ខវេទនា ដូចជាត្រូវចុចដោយដុំដែកក្តៅភ្លើង ដូចដុំដែកក្រហមក្តៅ ដូចខ្សាច់ក្តៅឆេះ និងដូចភាជន៍ស្ពាន់ដែលបានកំដៅ។
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Tirtha: Yāmyamārga (tormenting stretch)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bleak road where the subtle-bodied jīva is made to endure burning ordeals: a glowing iron mass pressing near, red-hot metal lumps, fields of scorching sand, and a heated copper vessel radiating waves of heat.
FAQs
It warns that wrongdoing yields intense suffering after death, expressed through strong physical metaphors.
No tīrtha is praised; it is a moral-eschatological description.
None directly; the verse functions as deterrence, encouraging dharma to avoid such torment.