Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
तेन पापेन घोरेण वेष्टतो रौरवे पतेत् । तस्य तद्रुधिरं पापाः पिबन्ते कालमीप्सितम्
tena pāpena ghoreṇa veṣṭato raurave patet | tasya tadrudhiraṃ pāpāḥ pibante kālamīpsitam
اس ہولناک پاپ میں جکڑا ہوا وہ رَورَو نامی نرک میں جا گرتا ہے؛ وہاں بدکار مقررہ مدت تک اسی کا خون پیتے رہتے ہیں۔
Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata/Naroत्तम
Scene: A stark vision of Raurava: the sinner bound by coils of pāpa, falling into a fiery, iron-hued realm; wicked beings drink his blood for the allotted duration—an allegory of self-caused suffering.
FAQs
It stresses that grave adharma produces severe karmic retribution, depicted through naraka imagery.
None is named in this verse; it functions as a moral warning within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative stream.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse describes the consequence (naraka) of the previously stated transgression.