Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
तप्तांबरीषतुल्येन अयोगुडनिभेन च । प्रतप्तसिकतेनापि ताम्रपात्रनिभेन च
taptāṃbarīṣatulyena ayoguḍanibhena ca | prataptasikatenāpi tāmrapātranibhena ca
اس راہ میں وہ یوں عذاب پاتا ہے—گویا دہکتے لوہے کے گولے سے دبایا گیا ہو، گویا لوہے کی ڈلی ہو، گویا جلتی ریت ہو، اور گویا تپتا ہوا تانبے کا برتن ہو۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Tirtha: Yāmyamārga (tormenting stretch)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bleak road where the subtle-bodied jīva is made to endure burning ordeals: a glowing iron mass pressing near, red-hot metal lumps, fields of scorching sand, and a heated copper vessel radiating waves of heat.
FAQs
It warns that wrongdoing yields intense suffering after death, expressed through strong physical metaphors.
No tīrtha is praised; it is a moral-eschatological description.
None directly; the verse functions as deterrence, encouraging dharma to avoid such torment.