Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
स याति घोरं नरकं क्रमेण विभागकृद्द्वेषमतिर्दुरात्मा । या यस्य भक्तिः स तयैव नूनं देहं त्यजन् स्वं ह्यमृतत्वमेति
sa yāti ghoraṃ narakaṃ krameṇa vibhāgakṛddveṣamatirdurātmā | yā yasya bhaktiḥ sa tayaiva nūnaṃ dehaṃ tyajan svaṃ hyamṛtatvameti
Jener mit böser Seele—der Spaltung stiftet und dem Hass verfallen ist—geht Schritt um Schritt in die schreckliche Hölle. Doch welche Gottheit ein Mensch wahrhaft in Bhakti verehrt, durch eben diese Hingabe erlangt er beim Verlassen des Leibes gewiss Unsterblichkeit.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha sphere (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: A moral tableau: a dark, fractured path descending toward a hellish abyss for the divisive hater; beside it, a serene devotee leaving the body in light, rising toward immortality, with multiple deity-forms subtly unified by one radiance.
FAQs
Hatred and divisiveness are spiritually destructive, while sincere devotion—directed to one’s chosen form of the Divine—leads to liberation.
No named site appears; the verse teaches the devotional ethos suitable for Revā (Narmadā) pilgrimage traditions.
No specific rite; it prescribes cultivating bhakti and abandoning sectarian hatred.