क्वचिच्छीतं महादुर्गमन्धकारं क्वचिन्महत् । अग्निसंस्पर्शवदनैः काककाकोलजंबुकैः
kvacicchītaṃ mahādurgamandhakāraṃ kvacinmahat | agnisaṃsparśavadanaiḥ kākakākolajaṃbukaiḥ
کہیں سخت سردی ہے، کہیں بے حد دشوار تاریکی؛ اور آگ کے لمس جیسے دہانے رکھنے والے کوا، غراب اور گیدڑ اس پر جھپٹتے ہیں۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Scene: A shifting infernal landscape: sudden freezing tracts and then vast, impassable darkness; crows, ravens, and jackals attack with burning mouths.
The after-death path for the unrighteous is depicted as perilous and frightening, urging moral restraint.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse describes the punitive landscape en route to Yama.
None; it is descriptive and admonitory rather than ritualistic.