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# Skandapurana 7.5.23\_98

Skandapurāṇa 7.5.23\_98

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.5.23\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.23_98)

yātyante1 duḥkhaśokārtā mahānirayagāminaḥ .  
ru iti procyate śabdastatrāsau śrūyate yataḥ ..2. .  
punaḥ punarvā bhīmo hi2 rauravastena kathyate3 .  
pūrṇastu sarvaḥ4 kārīṣyāj jjvalate sotidāruṇaḥ5 ..3 ..

> Those bound for the great hell are tormented, afflicted by pain and grief. / Because the sound 'ru' is heard there / again and again, terrible indeed, it is therefore called Raurava. / Filled with dried cow dung, it burns, exceedingly dreadful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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