Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70
दृष्टा भीतौ परामार्तिगतौ तत्र महापथि । नरको रौरवस्तत्र महारौरव एव च
dṛṣṭā bhītau parāmārtigatau tatra mahāpathi | narako rauravastatra mahāraurava eva ca
اس عظیم راہ پر وہ دونوں خوف زدہ اور شدید کرب میں ڈوبے ہوئے دکھائی دیے۔ وہاں رَورَوَ نامی نرک نمودار ہوا، اور مہارَورَوَ بھی۔
Narrator
Scene: A dark ‘great road’ with guardians and winds of fear; two travelers appear terrified; ahead open the infernal realms labeled Raurava and Mahāraurava—fiery pits and roaring lamentations.
FAQs
The Purāṇa teaches through stark vision: fear and anguish on the post-mortem path are the natural outcome of adharma.
By contrast, the Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas are implied as refuges from such post-mortem terrors.
None; it continues the descriptive enumeration of afterlife regions.