Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112
सोऽहं तैर्बहुभिश्चीर्णैः पातकैरंत आगते । मृतो गतो यमस्थानं पातितः कूटशाल्मलीम्
so'haṃ tairbahubhiścīrṇaiḥ pātakairaṃta āgate | mṛto gato yamasthānaṃ pātitaḥ kūṭaśālmalīm
ਇਉਂ ਮੈਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਾਪ ਕਰ ਕੇ, ਜਦ ਅੰਤ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ, ਮਰ ਗਿਆ; ਯਮ ਦੇ ਧਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ‘ਕੂਟਸ਼ਾਲਮਲੀ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਨਰਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਢਾਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ।
A repentant sinner (self-confession narrative; specific name not in snippet)
Tirtha: Kūṭaśālmalī (Naraka)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A soul is led to Yama’s court and then hurled into a terrifying hellscape labeled Kūṭaśālmalī—spiked śālmalī trees, jagged terrain, dark-red sky; Yama’s attendants loom with nooses.
FAQs
Actions have consequences; repeated sin leads to painful post-mortem retribution under Yama’s order.
None; the verse discusses the afterlife realm of Yama, not a pilgrimage site.
None explicitly; it underscores karmic accountability.