Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
अहमासं पुरा पापो लुब्धकश्चान्य जन्मनि । निहंता सर्वजंतूनां तथा भक्षयिता पुनः
ahamāsaṃ purā pāpo lubdhakaścānya janmani | nihaṃtā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ tathā bhakṣayitā punaḥ
पूर्वी एका अन्य जन्मी मी पापी लुब्धक (शिकारी) होतो—सर्व प्रकारच्या प्राण्यांचा वध करणारा आणि पुन्हा त्यांचे भक्षण करणारा देखील।
The king (confessing his past birth)
Scene: A remorseful former hunter recalls his past: weapons, slain creatures, and the shadow of sin behind him, contrasted with a distant glow suggesting an approaching āśrama/tīrtha.
FAQs
Violence toward living beings creates grave karmic burden; recognizing past wrongdoing is the first step toward purification.
This verse does not name a tīrtha; it provides the karmic backstory that the tīrtha-māhātmya will typically resolve through purification.
None explicitly here; the verse establishes a karmic cause that will justify or motivate subsequent rites of expiation and śrāddha.