Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
तप्तांबरीषतुल्येन अयोगुडनिभेन च । प्रतप्तसिकतेनापि ताम्रपात्रनिभेन च
taptāṃbarīṣatulyena ayoguḍanibhena ca | prataptasikatenāpi tāmrapātranibhena ca
Por esse caminho ele é atormentado—como se fosse comprimido por uma massa de ferro em brasa, como um pedaço de ferro ardente, como areia escaldante e como um vaso de cobre aquecido.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Tirtha: Yāmyamārga (tormenting stretch)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bleak road where the subtle-bodied jīva is made to endure burning ordeals: a glowing iron mass pressing near, red-hot metal lumps, fields of scorching sand, and a heated copper vessel radiating waves of heat.
FAQs
It warns that wrongdoing yields intense suffering after death, expressed through strong physical metaphors.
No tīrtha is praised; it is a moral-eschatological description.
None directly; the verse functions as deterrence, encouraging dharma to avoid such torment.