Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
यमलोके स्थितानां हि स्वर्गस्थानामपि क्षुधा । पिपासा च तथा राजंस्तेषां संजायतेऽधिका
yamaloke sthitānāṃ hi svargasthānāmapi kṣudhā | pipāsā ca tathā rājaṃsteṣāṃ saṃjāyate'dhikā
یَم لوک میں رہنے والوں کو—اور حتیٰ کہ سُورگ میں ٹھہرنے والوں کو بھی—بھوک اور پیاس لگتی ہے؛ اے راجن، یہ ان پر بہت شدید ہو جاتی ہے۔
Bhartṛyajña
Type: kshetra
Listener: king (explicit: rājann)
Scene: A surprising image: even in bright svarga gardens, beings feel thirst; in Yama’s realm, hunger burns—both showing conditioned existence.
FAQs
Even celestial or infernal states are not ultimate freedom; embodied-like needs and suffering can persist until karma is exhausted.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None explicitly; it describes conditions motivating dharmic support (like offerings and rites) in the broader discourse.