Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 98
अस्य संस्पर्शनादेव पीडा शतगुणा भवेत् । यथा व्यथासिकाष्ठैश्च समिद्धैर्दहनात्मकैः
asya saṃsparśanādeva pīḍā śataguṇā bhavet | yathā vyathāsikāṣṭhaiśca samiddhairdahanātmakaiḥ
അവനെ വെറും സ്പർശിച്ചതിനാലേയും പീഡ നൂറിരട്ടിയാകും—വേദന നൽകുന്ന വിറകുകൾ കത്തിക്കൊളുത്തുമ്പോൾ ദഹനം ഉണ്ടാകുന്നതുപോലെ.
Narrator (describing the contagion-like intensity of suffering in Naraka)
Tirtha: Raurava (naraka)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A hellscape where mere touch of the condemned intensifies pain a hundredfold; blazing stacks of firewood flare, suggesting hyperbolic heat and torment.
FAQs
Sin is portrayed as intensifying suffering not only for oneself but even through association—urging purity of conduct and company.
None; the verse uses vivid Naraka imagery rather than praising a pilgrimage site.
None.