Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
शृङ्खलायुधहस्तैश्च पाशैश्चैव सुदारुणैः । वेष्टितं महिषारूढं नरं पश्यति मन्मुखम्
śṛṅkhalāyudhahastaiśca pāśaiścaiva sudāruṇaiḥ | veṣṭitaṃ mahiṣārūḍhaṃ naraṃ paśyati manmukham
وہ اپنے سامنے ایک شخص کو دیکھتا ہے جو بھینسے پر سوار ہے؛ زنجیروں اور ہتھیاروں والے کارندوں اور نہایت ہولناک پھندوں سے گھرا ہوا، اور سیدھا اسی کی طرف رخ کیے ہوئے۔
Unknown (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within Revā Khaṇḍa frame (unspecified in verse)
Scene: A terrifying figure mounted on a buffalo advances head-on; attendants encircle him with chains, weapons, and nooses, creating a tightening ring around the mortal observer.
FAQs
The verse uses fearsome imagery to stress accountability: harmful actions invite binding consequences symbolized by chains and nooses.
No tirtha is named; the focus is an afterlife warning within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None; it is a descriptive vision meant to deter adharma.