Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70
गतो यमपुरं घोरं गृहीतो यमकिंकरैः । स नीतस्तेन मार्गेण यत्र संतपते रविः
gato yamapuraṃ ghoraṃ gṛhīto yamakiṃkaraiḥ | sa nītastena mārgeṇa yatra saṃtapate raviḥ
स घोरं यमपुरं गतः, यमकिंकरैर्गृहीतः। तेनैव मार्गेण नीतो यत्र रविः संतापयति॥
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A condemned soul is seized by stern Yamakiṅkaras and driven along a blazing, sun-scorched path toward the dreadful city of Yama; the road shimmers with heat-haze.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray moral causality vividly: cruelty and betrayal lead the soul to Yama’s judgment and painful pathways.
No earthly tīrtha is praised here; the verse describes the post-death route to Yamapura.
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