Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
विवस्त्रान्क्षुत्तृषार्तांश्च लग्नपृष्ठोदरत्वचः । अन्यै रुद्रपिशाचैश्च सहसंयोजयत्यपि
vivastrānkṣuttṛṣārtāṃśca lagnapṛṣṭhodaratvacaḥ | anyai rudrapiśācaiśca sahasaṃyojayatyapi
Dalam keadaan telanjang, diseksa oleh lapar dan dahaga hingga kulit melekat pada belakang dan perut, mereka juga dipaksa dipasung dan digandingkan bersama Rudra-piśāca yang lain.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (via Bhairava-retinue association)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Emaciated naked souls, skin clinging to ribs, bound and yoked together; fierce Rudra-piśācas with wild hair and rudrākṣa garlands drive them onward under Yama’s command.
FAQs
Sin degrades and binds the soul into suffering; the Purāṇa uses stark imagery to urge dharmic living.
Kāśī/Avimukta is the chapter’s sacred horizon, contrasted against the misery of karmic bondage.
None directly; the verse is descriptive of punitive states.