Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
तृतीयोंऽधतमोनाम नरकः सुभयावहः । अत्र ये पुरुषा यांति तांश्च वक्ष्यामि सुद्विज
tṛtīyoṃ'dhatamonāma narakaḥ subhayāvahaḥ | atra ye puruṣā yāṃti tāṃśca vakṣyāmi sudvija
तिसरा नरक ‘अंधतम’ नावाचा असून तो अत्यंत भयावह आहे. हे सुद्विज! जे पुरुष तेथे जातात, त्यांना मी सांगतो।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Andhatamas
Type: kshetra
Listener: sudvija (addressed)
Scene: A near-black realm where forms are barely visible—figures stumble, hands outstretched, swallowed by darkness; only faint, cold glimmers outline the path, conveying fear through absence of light.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames ethics as consequential: specific adharma leads to specific suffering, encouraging right conduct.
Not specified in this verse; it introduces the next naraka within a broader tīrtha-oriented discourse.
None in this verse; it is an announcement of forthcoming classification.