Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 169
भार्योवाच । अहमग्निं प्रवेक्ष्यामि न यास्यामि त्वया सह । पापबुद्धे पतिष्यामि न चाहं नरकाग्निषु
bhāryovāca | ahamagniṃ pravekṣyāmi na yāsyāmi tvayā saha | pāpabuddhe patiṣyāmi na cāhaṃ narakāgniṣu
ภรรยากล่าวว่า 'ข้าพเจ้าจะลุยไฟ ข้าพเจ้าจะไม่ไปกับท่าน ดูก่อนคนใจบาป ข้าพเจ้าขตายเสียดีกว่า ข้าพเจ้าจะไม่ยอมตกลงสู่ไฟนรก'
Wife
Scene: The wife, fierce and sorrowful, declares she will enter fire rather than accompany her husband; she condemns him as pāpa-buddhi and invokes fear of hell-fire. A dramatic contrast between sacrificial fire and infernal fire is implied.
FAQs
One should refuse complicity in adharma even at great personal cost; fear of naraka symbolizes the moral gravity of choices.
No site is named in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-glorification narrative framework.
No prescription; “entering fire” is presented as a dramatic personal resolve, not as a recommended rite here.