[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.16.24\_96 # Skandapurana 7.16.24\_96 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.24\_96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.24\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_96) kumbhīpāke raurave ca mahāraurava eva ca . evamādyeṣu cānyeṣu kukṛtairanuveṣṭitān10 . śāsyato mṛtyuvacanādrākṣasaiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ . .9. . pitṝm̐stathāśubhai11rghorairveṣṭitān rākṣāsārditān . satputrastrāyate devi netaraḥ pāpaniścayaḥ . . 8.158.10 . . narasya na ca12 satputrāḥ sarva eva bhavantyuta . eka evātra bhavati yaḥ pitṝm̐strāyate bhayāt . .1 1 . . tatra ye duṣṭacāritrāḥ putrasaṃkhyāṃ13 na te gatāḥ . śaṭho yadvadbalīvardaḥ ṣaṇḍho vāpi narādhipaḥ14 ..1 2 . . tatrāpi codyate15 duḥkhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca narakaṃ viduḥ . yat16 pitṝm̐strāyate tasmāt17 sutaḥ putrastataḥ smṛtaḥ . . 13 .. > In Kumbhīpāka, in Raurava, and indeed in Mahāraurava, > and in other such \[hells\], surrounded by their misdeeds, > punished on the order of Mṛtyu by rākṣasas of cruel deeds, > thus surrounded by terrifying evils and tormented by rākṣasas— > a good son rescues the ancestors, O goddess, not another who is bent on sin. > Nor indeed are all sons of a man good sons; > only one alone is here who rescues the ancestors from fear. > Among them, those who are of wicked conduct do not count as sons, > just as a vicious bull, or a eunuch \[counts not as\] king. > Suffering is also incurred there, and suffering is known as hell; > because he rescues the ancestors from it, a son is therefore called \*putra\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.24\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_95) - [Next: 7.16.24\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_97) - [Up: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.24_96) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambikākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.ambikakhanda.163.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24_96) · Pramāṇa