Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105
वालुकायोऽश्मस्थला च पच्यते यत्र दुष्कृती । अवीचिर्नरको यत्र यत्र यामलपर्वतौ
vālukāyo'śmasthalā ca pacyate yatra duṣkṛtī | avīcirnarako yatra yatra yāmalaparvatau
जिथे जळत्या वाळूची शय्या व दगडी भूमी आहे, जिथे दुष्कर्मी ‘शिजविला’ जातो; जिथे अवीची नरक आहे, आणि जिथे यामल नावाचे जुळे पर्वत आहेत—ती सर्व भयंकर स्थाने आहेत.
Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A stark infernal landscape: blazing sandbanks and jagged stone plains where sinners are tormented; in the distance, the abyss of Avīci and the looming twin Yāmala mountains.
FAQs
Actions have consequences described as concrete post-mortem suffering; dharmic purification is presented as a means to avoid such states.
No single earthly tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader teaching by contrasting the river’s purifying merit with hellish outcomes.
None directly in this verse; it continues the afterlife description that frames the benefit of the preceding vow/dāna.