Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
यमलोके स्थितानां हि स्वर्गस्थानामपि क्षुधा । पिपासा च तथा राजंस्तेषां संजायतेऽधिका
yamaloke sthitānāṃ hi svargasthānāmapi kṣudhā | pipāsā ca tathā rājaṃsteṣāṃ saṃjāyate'dhikā
สำหรับผู้ที่อยู่ในยมโลก—แม้กระทั่งผู้พำนักในสวรรค์—ความหิวและความกระหายก็เกิดขึ้น; ข้าแต่พระราชา สิ่งนั้นยิ่งทวีความรุนแรงแก่เขา
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: king (explicit: rājann)
Scene: A surprising image: even in bright svarga gardens, beings feel thirst; in Yama’s realm, hunger burns—both showing conditioned existence.
FAQs
Even celestial or infernal states are not ultimate freedom; embodied-like needs and suffering can persist until karma is exhausted.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None explicitly; it describes conditions motivating dharmic support (like offerings and rites) in the broader discourse.