Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 96
यत्र ते नरका घोरास्तत्र क्षेप्तुं गतास्ततः । ते तमादाय हि नरके घोरे रौरवसंज्ञिते
yatra te narakā ghorāstatra kṣeptuṃ gatāstataḥ | te tamādāya hi narake ghore rauravasaṃjñite
پھر وہ اس جگہ گئے جہاں ہولناک دوزخ ہیں تاکہ اسے وہاں پھینک دیں۔ اسے ساتھ لے جا کر وہ اسے ‘رَورَو’ نامی سخت دوزخ میں لے گئے۔
Narrator within the Revā Khaṇḍa (describing Yamadūtas’ actions)
Tirtha: Raurava (naraka)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Attendants escort the condemned through a dark passage to the dreadful hells, arriving at the terrifying realm named Raurava—suggested by jagged terrain, smoke, and ominous gates.
FAQs
Actions lead to specific results; the text maps moral transgression to concrete realms of consequence.
This verse does not glorify a tīrtha; it names the hell-realm Raurava within the afterlife narrative.
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