Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
दृष्टादृष्टं तु यत्किंचिन्न समं ब्रह्महत्यया । अन्यथा ब्रह्महत्यायाः शुद्धिर्मे न भविष्यति
dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaṃ tu yatkiṃcinna samaṃ brahmahatyayā | anyathā brahmahatyāyāḥ śuddhirme na bhaviṣyati
Rien, absolument rien—ni dans ce monde visible ni dans l’invisible—n’égale le péché de tuer un brāhmaṇa. Autrement, je n’obtiendrai pas la purification de la brahmahatyā.
Citrasena (continuing)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative, didactic moment: the king, head bowed, speaks of brahmahatyā’s unmatched weight; the brāhmaṇa’s radiance and the quiet forest underscore moral gravity.
FAQs
Brahmahatyā is portrayed as an exceptionally weighty transgression; purification requires a properly guided atonement, not denial or minimization.
No single tīrtha is named in the verse; the doctrinal emphasis supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s larger tīrtha-framework.
No specific rite is stated here—only the insistence that purification must be achieved through some valid means.