[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) › 7.4.52\_262 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_262 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_262 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_262) suśarmovāca ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kumbhīpākaṃ mahābhayam . śrotṝṇāmapi tatkālaṃ1 bhayadaṃ hyakṛtātmanām . .1 . . āyasyastatra brahmaṇaśca añjanācalasannibhāḥ . kumbhyastailena2 saṃpūrṇā vahnivarṇāḥ3 suduḥsahāḥ . .2 . . duṣkṛtīn4 tāsu taptāsu5 baddhvā baddhvā mahābalāḥ6 . kṣipanti7 rākṣasā ghorāḥ8 krandamānāḥ subhairavam ..3 .. > Suśarman said: / Hereafter I shall describe Kumbhīpāka, which causes great terror, / inspiring fear at that time even in the hearers whose minds are undisciplined. / There, O brahmin, are iron pots / resembling the Añjana mountain, filled with oil, glowing with the colour of fire, extremely unbearable. / Having bound the wrongdoers repeatedly, the mighty, / dreadful rākṣasas cast them, screaming most terribly, into those heated \[cauldrons\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52\_261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_261) - [Next: 7.4.52\_263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_263) - [Up: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52_262) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_262) · Pramāṇa