Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 86
पतन्ति नात्र सन्देहो नरके तेऽस्थिभञ्जने । तत्र वर्षशतस्यान्त इह मानुष्यतां गताः
patanti nātra sandeho narake te'sthibhañjane | tatra varṣaśatasyānta iha mānuṣyatāṃ gatāḥ
وہ اَستھی بھنجن نامی دوزخ میں گرتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ وہاں سو برس پورے ہونے پر وہ یہاں پھر انسان کا جنم پاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative style within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)
Scene: Asthibhañjana depicted as a grim realm where bones are crushed/broken symbolically (without excessive gore): iron presses, skeletal motifs, and a time-wheel marking ‘one hundred years’; then a dawn-like rebirth scene on earth.
FAQs
Karma yields time-bound suffering, followed by rebirth—encouraging repentance and dharmic living before consequences ripen.
The surrounding Revā Khaṇḍa exalts the Narmadā region, but this verse specifically details karmic retribution.
No explicit rite; it underscores karmic law and the cycle of punishment and rebirth.