Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
पापस्योदयकाले च विपरीता हि सा भवेत् । सकृत्पालयते यस्तु धर्मेणैतज्जगत्त्रयम्
pāpasyodayakāle ca viparītā hi sā bhavet | sakṛtpālayate yastu dharmeṇaitajjagattrayam
പാപം ഉദിക്കുന്ന സമയത്ത് അതേ ബുദ്ധി വക്രമായി മാറുന്നു. എങ്കിലും ധർമ്മത്താൽ ഒരിക്കൽപോലും ഈ ത്രിലോകത്തെ പാലിക്കുന്നവൻ മഹിമയുള്ളവൻ.
Unspecified in snippet (contextual speaker within Dharmāraṇya narrative)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Contrast tableau: a shadow of sin rising and twisting a person’s mind; opposite, a dharmic figure stands firm, symbolically supporting the three worlds (earth, mid-air, heaven) like a cosmic pillar.
FAQs
Pāpa distorts discernment, while dharma sustains cosmic order; even a single act of true dharmic protection is spiritually weighty.
This verse is ethical-cosmic in emphasis and does not name a specific tīrtha.
No ritual is prescribed; it extols dharma as the sustaining principle and right action as its expression.