Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
एते ये नरका रौद्रा दृश्यन्ते च सुदारुणाः । कर्मणा केन कं गच्छेन्मानवो नरकं यम
ete ye narakā raudrā dṛśyante ca sudāruṇāḥ | karmaṇā kena kaṃ gacchenmānavo narakaṃ yama
“اے یم! یہ جو دوزخ دکھائی دے رہے ہیں—ہولناک اور نہایت سخت—ان میں سے کس کس جہنم میں انسان کن اعمال کے سبب جاتا ہے؟”
Brāhmaṇa (unnamed interlocutor)
Scene: A stark tableau of multiple dreadful hell-realms glimpsed in vision—fires, iron implements, dark pits—while the brāhmaṇa turns to Yama with a pointed question about which deeds lead where.
FAQs
Actions have specific consequences; dharma requires knowing how particular karmas mature into particular results.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya uses afterlife teaching to reinforce dharmic living for pilgrims and hearers.
None directly; it introduces the doctrinal inquiry into karma and naraka.
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