Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
कर्मभिस्तव पापात्मन्वयं नरकमाश्रिताः । नरकं दश यास्यंति भविष्याश्च तथा भवान्
karmabhistava pāpātmanvayaṃ narakamāśritāḥ | narakaṃ daśa yāsyaṃti bhaviṣyāśca tathā bhavān
“Vì nghiệp của ngươi, hỡi kẻ tâm tội lỗi, chúng ta phải nương nơi địa ngục. Còn mười tầng địa ngục nữa phải trải qua—và về sau chính ngươi cũng sẽ đối diện chúng.”
Pitaraḥ (ancestors)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The king/descendant
Scene: Pitṛs point toward a terrifying vision of layered hells—ten successive infernal realms—while warning the king that he too will undergo them; the king stands shaken, half-lit by the possibility of redemption.
FAQs
Actions have consequences that can extend beyond oneself; persistent wrongdoing leads to severe karmic suffering, warned here as multiple hell-experiences.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a moral warning within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
No specific rite is detailed here; the emphasis is on abandoning sinful action and turning toward śubha-karman implied in adjacent verses.