Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
इति निश्चित्य मनसा पापस्तं लवणोदधौ । चिक्षेप सोमशर्माणं पापध्यातेन चेतसा
iti niścitya manasā pāpastaṃ lavaṇodadhau | cikṣepa somaśarmāṇaṃ pāpadhyātena cetasā
આમ મનમાં નક્કી કરીને, પાપચિંતાથી મલિન થયેલા ચિત્તવાળો તે પાપી સોમશર્માને લવણસમુદ્રમાં ફેંકી દીધો।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: लवणोदधि (as geographic marker, not a praised tīrtha here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Violent moment: Sahadeva thrusts Somaśarmā overboard into dark, foaming salt water; gold glints behind; the victim’s body arcs into the sea under a starless sky.
FAQs
A mind that entertains pāpadhyāna (evil brooding) quickly turns to pāpakarma (sinful action), leading to inevitable karmic retribution.
This verse does not glorify a tīrtha; it advances a moral narrative within Revā Khaṇḍa.
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