कूटसाक्ष्यरता ह्येते कटुवाङ्निरतास्तथा । एते लोहमयास्तम्भान्संतप्तान्पावकप्र भान्
kūṭasākṣyaratā hyete kaṭuvāṅniratāstathā | ete lohamayāstambhānsaṃtaptānpāvakapra bhān
یہ وہ ہیں جو جھوٹی گواہی میں لذت لیتے اور سخت کلامی پر قائم رہتے تھے؛ انہیں آگ کی طرح دہکتے تپتے لوہے کے ستونوں سے لپٹایا جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa witness
Scene: Sinners who enjoyed false testimony and harsh speech are forced to cling to blazing iron pillars, glowing like fire; their mouths are shown as the symbolic source of sin, while the pillars represent unyielding truth.
Truthfulness and gentle speech are pillars of dharma; violating them through perjury and cruelty rebounds as intense suffering.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya teaches dharma by contrasting pilgrimage merit with the fate of adharma.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes ethical disciplines: satya (truth) and śubha-vāk (wholesome speech).