Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
दशमोऽयं सुविख्यातो नरको नामदुः सहः । तप्तलोहमयैः स्तंभैः समंतात्परिवारितः
daśamo'yaṃ suvikhyāto narako nāmaduḥ sahaḥ | taptalohamayaiḥ staṃbhaiḥ samaṃtātparivāritaḥ
ഇത് പത്താമത്തെ നരകം; ‘ദുഃസഹ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധം. ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം ചുവന്നുതിളക്കുന്ന ഇരുമ്പുസ്തംഭങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ട് വളഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Listener: a Brāhmaṇa interlocutor (addressed in nearby verses as vipraśārdūla)
Scene: A grim infernal enclosure: a circular or square pit-like hell named Duḥsaha, ringed on all sides by towering pillars of red-hot iron, radiating heat and sparks; condemned souls recoil in terror.
FAQs
Adharma becomes ‘duḥsaha’—unbearable—when its results mature; the text urges restraint and righteous conduct.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a naraka-description passage within the chapter.
None explicitly; the verse sets up the karmic context elaborated in the following shlokas.