Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
रौद्रा वैतरणी चैव कुम्भीपाको भयावहः । कालसूत्रो महाभीमस्तथा यमलपर्वतौ
raudrā vaitaraṇī caiva kumbhīpāko bhayāvahaḥ | kālasūtro mahābhīmastathā yamalaparvatau
रौद्र, वैतरणी, भयावह कुंभिपाक, अत्यंत भीषण कालसूत्र तसेच यमलोकातील पर्वत—हे (नरक) तेथे आहेत।
Narrator within the Revā Khaṇḍa context (deductive attribution: Mārkaṇḍeya to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Scene: A panoramic infernal map: a raging ‘Raudra’ zone, the Vaitaraṇī river crossing, a cauldron-like Kumbhīpāka, a dark binding line/track of Kālasūtra, and looming mountains marking Yama’s borders.
FAQs
By naming the dreadful narakas, it reinforces accountability to dharma and the urgency of cultivating merit and purity.
This is a contextual naraka-list within the Revā Khaṇḍa; the tīrtha-glorification appears as the remedy in the adjacent verses of the same narrative.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it supports later emphasis on dāna and tīrtha-related observances.