[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) › 7.5.28\_150 # Skandapurana 7.5.28\_150 Skandapurāṇa 7.5.28\_150 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5.28\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_150) tamastamataraṃ ghoraṃ narakaṃ śṛṇvataḥ param1 . prakāśo yatra naivāsti naiva dṛṣṭiḥ pravartate ..1 . . patanneva narastatra2 visaṃjñaḥ kriyate tadā3 . rākṣasairvikṛtākāraistamastena sa cocyate . .2. . > Hear further of the hell Tamas, and the even more dreadful Tamisra, / where there is no light at all, nor does sight function. / Just as he is falling there, a man is rendered unconscious / by rākṣasas of deformed shapes; therefore it is called Tamas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.5.28\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_149) - [Next: 7.5.28\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_151) - [Up: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.5.28_150) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.5.28_150) · Pramāṇa