Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82
पेषणं नरकं यान्ति शोषणं जीवबन्धनात् । तत्रत्यां यातनां घोरां सहित्वा शास्त्रचोदिताम्
peṣaṇaṃ narakaṃ yānti śoṣaṇaṃ jīvabandhanāt | tatratyāṃ yātanāṃ ghorāṃ sahitvā śāstracoditām
ते पेषण नावाच्या नरकात जातात आणि जीवांना बांधल्याच्या पापामुळे शोषण नरकातही पडतात। तेथे शास्त्रविहित घोर यातना सोसून कर्मानुसार पुढे जातात।
Deductive: Skanda (Kārttikeya) narrating within Āvantya Khaṇḍa’s Reva Khaṇḍa frame
Scene: A Yama-loka tableau: sinners who bound creatures are driven toward the hells Peṣaṇa and Śoṣaṇa; dark corridors, iron implements, and the presence of Yama’s attendants; the text emphasizes ‘śāstra-ordained’ torment.
FAQs
Enslaving or cruelly restraining beings is a serious adharma; scripture depicts proportionate consequences to cultivate compassion.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a doctrinal description within the Reva Khaṇḍa’s Revā-region framework.
None explicitly; the implied prescription is to avoid cruelty and bondage of beings, and to practice dharmic compassion.