पीडनं क्रियते तेषां यत्र तौ युग्मपर्वतौ । या सा वैतरणी घोरा नदी रक्तप्रवाहिनी
pīḍanaṃ kriyate teṣāṃ yatra tau yugmaparvatau | yā sā vaitaraṇī ghorā nadī raktapravāhinī
ఆ రెండు యుగ్మపర్వతాలు ఉన్న చోటే వారికి పీడన కలుగుతుంది. అదే ఘోరమైన వైతరణీ—రక్తప్రవాహంలా ప్రవహించే నది।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
It underscores karmic consequence: beings who fall into wrongdoing encounter fearsome suffering, symbolized by the crushing Twin Mountains and the dreadful Vaitaraṇī.
The verse occurs in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā region) and references a fearsome locale associated with the Vaitaraṇī and the Twin Mountains, used to magnify the moral and sacred-geographical teaching of the section.
No direct ritual act (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it functions as a descriptive warning within the māhātmya narrative.