Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
एतानाहूय चांडालान्यमः पातकनायकान् । नरकस्य विवृद्ध्यर्थमाधिपत्यं चकार ह
etānāhūya cāṃḍālānyamaḥ pātakanāyakān | narakasya vivṛddhyarthamādhipatyaṃ cakāra ha
அந்த சாண்டாலர்களை அழைத்து யமன் அவர்களை ‘பாதக-நாயகர்கள்’ என நியமித்து, நரகத்தின் விரிவுக்கும் ஆட்சிக்கும் அதிகாரம் அளித்தான்।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Naraka (Yamaloka)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Yama enthroned with danda (staff) and pāśa (noose), summoning grim outcaste-like figures as personified sins; a bureaucratic court of Naraka with ledgers, gates, and smoky horizons.
FAQs
Actions opposed to dharma generate structured consequences; Purāṇas depict moral order through Yama’s governance.
No specific location is praised here; the verse describes cosmic administration of punishment.
None in this verse; it provides narrative background for the later emphasis on Rudra-recitation’s power.