Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
शृङ्खलायुधहस्तैश्च पाशैश्चैव सुदारुणैः । वेष्टितं महिषारूढं नरं पश्यति मन्मुखम्
śṛṅkhalāyudhahastaiśca pāśaiścaiva sudāruṇaiḥ | veṣṭitaṃ mahiṣārūḍhaṃ naraṃ paśyati manmukham
അവൻ തന്റെ മുന്നിൽ മഹിഷാരൂഢനായ ഒരാളെ കാണുന്നു; ശൃംഖലയും ആയുധവും കൈവശമുള്ള അനുചരന്മാരാലും അത്യന്തം ഭീകരമായ പാശങ്ങളാലും അവൻ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു।
Unknown (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within Revā Khaṇḍa frame (unspecified in verse)
Scene: A terrifying figure mounted on a buffalo advances head-on; attendants encircle him with chains, weapons, and nooses, creating a tightening ring around the mortal observer.
FAQs
The verse uses fearsome imagery to stress accountability: harmful actions invite binding consequences symbolized by chains and nooses.
No tirtha is named; the focus is an afterlife warning within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; it is a descriptive vision meant to deter adharma.