विवस्त्रान्क्षुत्तृषार्तांश्च लग्नपृष्ठोदरत्वचः । अन्यै रुद्रपिशाचैश्च सहसंयोजयत्यपि
vivastrānkṣuttṛṣārtāṃśca lagnapṛṣṭhodaratvacaḥ | anyai rudrapiśācaiśca sahasaṃyojayatyapi
ننگے، بھوک اور پیاس سے بے تاب، جن کی کھال پیٹھ اور پیٹ سے چمٹ گئی ہو، انہیں وہ دوسرے رودر پِشَچوں کے ساتھ بھی زبردستی جوڑ کر جوت دیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (via Bhairava-retinue association)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Emaciated naked souls, skin clinging to ribs, bound and yoked together; fierce Rudra-piśācas with wild hair and rudrākṣa garlands drive them onward under Yama’s command.
Sin degrades and binds the soul into suffering; the Purāṇa uses stark imagery to urge dharmic living.
Kāśī/Avimukta is the chapter’s sacred horizon, contrasted against the misery of karmic bondage.
None directly; the verse is descriptive of punitive states.