Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
तथा चतुर्दशोनाम नरकोऽधोमुखः स्थितः । नरकाणां समस्तानामेष रौद्रतमाकृतिः
tathā caturdaśonāma narako'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ | narakāṇāṃ samastānāmeṣa raudratamākṛtiḥ
तसेच चौदावा नरक ‘अधोमुख’ नावाने आहे, जिथे मनुष्याला उलटे (मुख खाली) ठेवले जाते. सर्व नरकांमध्ये याचे रूप सर्वाधिक रौद्र व भयानक आहे.
Skanda (deduced)
Scene: A vast infernal grove where bodies hang inverted; the landscape itself feels upside-down, with ominous flames and attendants enforcing the posture.
FAQs
Adharma culminates in states of profound suffering; the Purāṇa underscores fear of wrongdoing to protect dharma.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it is part of a broader māhātmya discourse using naraka-descriptions as deterrence.
None is stated here; the verse identifies and characterizes a particular naraka.