Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
ब्रह्मोवाच । तस्मात्तत्रैव गच्छ त्वं प्रेषि तोऽसि किमत्र वै । नरके तव वासो न श्वेतद्वीपसमुद्भवम्
brahmovāca | tasmāttatraiva gaccha tvaṃ preṣi to'si kimatra vai | narake tava vāso na śvetadvīpasamudbhavam
ब्रह्मा म्हणाले: म्हणून तू तिथेच जा; तुला पाठविले आहे—इथे तुझे काय काम? तुझा नरकात वास नाही, कारण तू श्वेतद्वीपातून उत्पन्न झालेला आहेस.
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: the dispatched being (unnamed in verse)
Scene: Brahmā speaks authoritatively, dismissing fear of hell and identifying the other as Śvetadvīpa-born; the scene contrasts luminous white-island symbolism with the dark suggestion of naraka.
FAQs
Divine authority (Brahmā) confirms karmic exception/protection for one linked to a sacred origin, reinforcing cosmic moral order.
Śvetadvīpa is invoked as a sacred realm; the surrounding passage still belongs to a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a divine command regarding movement/destination and the denial of naraka-residence.