Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
ब्रह्महत्यासमाविष्टो जुहोम्यग्नौ कलेवरम् । अथवा तस्य वाक्येन तं गच्छाम्याश्रमं प्रति
brahmahatyāsamāviṣṭo juhomyagnau kalevaram | athavā tasya vākyena taṃ gacchāmyāśramaṃ prati
“Poseído por el pecado de brahmahatyā, ¿debo arrojar mi cuerpo al fuego? ¿O, siguiendo su palabra, he de ir hacia aquel āśrama?”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: The king stands before a sacrificial fire, torn between leaping into flames and walking toward a sage’s hermitage; the firelight flickers across his conflicted face.
FAQs
When overwhelmed by guilt, one should seek dharmic guidance and prescribed atonement rather than impulsive self-harm.
No tīrtha is named in this line; the focus is the āśrama as the locus of remedy and counsel.
A drastic act is contemplated—entering fire—but the verse points instead to going to the hermitage, implying formal prāyaścitta under guidance.