Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
द्वितीय एष विप्रेंद्र महारौरवसंज्ञितः । कृतघ्नैः सेव्यते नित्यं तथा च गुरुतल्पगैः
dvitīya eṣa vipreṃdra mahārauravasaṃjñitaḥ | kṛtaghnaiḥ sevyate nityaṃ tathā ca gurutalpagaiḥ
Wahai brahmana yang utama, inilah neraka kedua yang dikenali sebagai Mahāraurava. Ia menjadi tempat tinggal yang berterusan bagi orang yang tidak mengenang budi, dan juga bagi mereka yang mencemari ranjang guru.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Mahāraurava
Type: kshetra
Listener: viprendra / sudvija (a leading brāhmaṇa interlocutor)
Scene: A labeled infernal realm ‘Mahāraurava’: sinners marked by symbols of betrayal (broken offering bowl for ingratitude; overturned teacher’s seat for guru-apacāra) are driven by karmic forces into a blazing, echoing pit.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma warns that grave breaches of gratitude and guru-reverence lead to severe karmic consequences.
This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya section but here focuses on naraka-classification rather than naming a specific tīrtha in the snippet.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is stated here; it is primarily a doctrinal warning about adharma.