Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
यम उवाच । असंख्या नरका विप्र यथा प्राणिगणाः क्षितौ । कृत्स्नशः कथितुं शक्या नैववर्षशतैरपि
yama uvāca | asaṃkhyā narakā vipra yathā prāṇigaṇāḥ kṣitau | kṛtsnaśaḥ kathituṃ śakyā naivavarṣaśatairapi
ยมกล่าวว่า: “ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ นรกมีนับไม่ถ้วน ดุจหมู่สัตว์โลกบนแผ่นดินที่นับไม่ถ้วน แม้ผ่านไปเป็นร้อยปีก็มิอาจพรรณนาได้ครบถ้วน”
Yama (Dharmarāja)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa
Scene: Yama speaks with measured authority, gesturing to an endless horizon of shadowy realms—suggesting innumerable hells like countless beings on earth; the brāhmaṇa listens, humbled by the scale.
FAQs
Karmic outcomes are vast and varied; the tradition stresses ethical vigilance rather than curiosity alone.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it frames the scope of the teaching.