Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
तप्तांबरीषतुल्येन अयोगुडनिभेन च । प्रतप्तसिकतेनापि ताम्रपात्रनिभेन च
taptāṃbarīṣatulyena ayoguḍanibhena ca | prataptasikatenāpi tāmrapātranibhena ca
ಆ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ಕೆಂಡದಂತೆ ಉರಿಯುವ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಗಡ್ಡೆಯಂತೆ, ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ತುಂಡಿನಂತೆ, ಸುಡುವ ಮರಳಿನಂತೆ, ಬಿಸಿಯಾದ ತಾಮ್ರಪಾತ್ರದಂತೆ ಪೀಡಿತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ।
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.