Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71
अस्य माता पूर्वभवे सपत्नीं छद्मनाहनत् । तेन पापेन महता ग्राहेणास्मिन्भवे हता
asya mātā pūrvabhave sapatnīṃ chadmanāhanat | tena pāpena mahatā grāheṇāsminbhave hatā
याची माता पूर्वजन्मी कपटाने सौतिणीचा वध केला होता. त्या महान पापामुळे या जन्मी ती मगराने मारली गेली.
Unknown (section narrator; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Type: river
Listener: Same addressed lady in the narrative frame
Scene: A woman at a riverbank, stepping into water, is seized by a crocodile; the scene is framed as karmic consequence of a past deceitful killing of a co-wife—shadowy memory vignette behind her.
FAQs
Deceitful violence returns as suffering; Purāṇic dharma emphasizes moral causality across births.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse functions as a karmic warning against हिंसा (violence) and छल (deceit).