Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
असूर्या नाम ते लोका अंधेन तमसा वृताः । तांस्ते प्रेत्याऽभिगच्छंति ये केचात्महनो जनाः
asūryā nāma te lokā aṃdhena tamasā vṛtāḥ | tāṃste pretyā'bhigacchaṃti ye kecātmahano janāḥ
সেই লোকসমূহ ‘অসূর্য’ নামে পরিচিত, ঘোর অন্ধকারে আচ্ছন্ন; আত্মহননকারী মানুষ মৃত্যুর পরে সেখানেই গমন করে।
Durvāsā (as introduced in 69; this is a Vedāntic/Upaniṣadic-style utterance)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Cīrbhaṭi
Scene: Durvāsā pronounces a grave warning: sunless worlds covered in blinding darkness await the आत्महन्; the scene contrasts the sage’s luminous presence with a distant vision of shadowy realms.
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Self-destruction and denial of the true Self lead to spiritual darkness; dharma calls one toward light, knowledge, and right living.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a universal ethical-spiritual teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None explicitly; it is a doctrinal warning shaping moral conduct.
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