Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
असूर्या नाम ते लोका अंधेन तमसा वृताः । तांस्ते प्रेत्याऽभिगच्छंति ये केचात्महनो जनाः
asūryā nāma te lokā aṃdhena tamasā vṛtāḥ | tāṃste pretyā'bhigacchaṃti ye kecātmahano janāḥ
ते लोक ‘असूर्य’ म्हणून ओळखले जातात, घोर अंधाराने आच्छादित; आत्मघात करणारे जन मृत्यूनंतर त्यांनाच प्राप्त होतात.
Durvāsā (as introduced in 69; this is a Vedāntic/Upaniṣadic-style utterance)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Cīrbhaṭi
Scene: Durvāsā pronounces a grave warning: sunless worlds covered in blinding darkness await the आत्महन्; the scene contrasts the sage’s luminous presence with a distant vision of shadowy realms.
FAQs
Self-destruction and denial of the true Self lead to spiritual darkness; dharma calls one toward light, knowledge, and right living.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a universal ethical-spiritual teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None explicitly; it is a doctrinal warning shaping moral conduct.