Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
तेन पापेन घोरेण वेष्टतो रौरवे पतेत् । तस्य तद्रुधिरं पापाः पिबन्ते कालमीप्सितम्
tena pāpena ghoreṇa veṣṭato raurave patet | tasya tadrudhiraṃ pāpāḥ pibante kālamīpsitam
ആ ഭീകരപാപത്തിൽ കുടുങ്ങി അവൻ ‘രൗരവ’ എന്ന നരകത്തിൽ പതിക്കുന്നു; അവിടെ പാപികൾ നിശ്ചിതകാലം വരെ അവന്റെ രക്തം തന്നെയെ കുടിക്കുന്നു.
Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata/Naroत्तम
Scene: A stark vision of Raurava: the sinner bound by coils of pāpa, falling into a fiery, iron-hued realm; wicked beings drink his blood for the allotted duration—an allegory of self-caused suffering.
FAQs
It stresses that grave adharma produces severe karmic retribution, depicted through naraka imagery.
None is named in this verse; it functions as a moral warning within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative stream.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse describes the consequence (naraka) of the previously stated transgression.