Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74
छायां संप्रार्थमानानां भृशं ज्वलति पावकः । तैर्दह्यमाना बहुशो विलपन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः
chāyāṃ saṃprārthamānānāṃ bhṛśaṃ jvalati pāvakaḥ | tairdahyamānā bahuśo vilapanti muhurmuhuḥ
جو لوگ سایہ کی فریاد کرتے ہیں، ان پر آگ اور بھی زیادہ بھڑک اٹھتی ہے۔ اس کی تپش سے بار بار جل کر وہ لگاتار، پھر پھر کر آہ و فغاں کرتے ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not stated in the snippet)
Scene: Sufferers cry out for shade; instead, flames surge higher, engulfing them repeatedly; the air is thick with heat and their wails echo without relief.
FAQs
Worldly pleas cannot undo karmic results; restraint and righteousness are to be practiced beforehand.
None in this verse; it is a general description of the punitive journey under Yama’s domain.
No explicit rite; it indirectly urges dharmic living, charity, and truthfulness to avoid such suffering.