Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
आहारं रुधिरोन्मिश्रं ते लभंते कदाचन । एवं त्र्ययुतसंख्याकं कालं तत्रातिदुःखिताः
āhāraṃ rudhironmiśraṃ te labhaṃte kadācana | evaṃ tryayutasaṃkhyākaṃ kālaṃ tatrātiduḥkhitāḥ
他们有时只得到掺着血的食物；就这样，在长达“三阿由他”的时日里，他们在那里受尽极重的苦楚。
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied as the salvific alternative to prolonged misery)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A bleak enclosure where emaciated beings receive occasional lumps of food streaked with blood; the scene is framed by a vast clock-like cosmic backdrop to suggest ‘three ayutas’ of time passing in misery.
FAQs
Adharma results in prolonged, degrading suffering; the text urges repentance and dharmic conduct.
Kāśī/Avimukta is the implied salvific counterpart to these torments, highlighted by contrast.
None; the verse describes the nature and duration of suffering.