Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
अंधं तमो विशेयुस्ते ये चैवात्महनो जनाः । भुक्त्वा निरयसाहस्रं ते च स्युर्ग्रामसूकराः
aṃdhaṃ tamo viśeyuste ye caivātmahano janāḥ | bhuktvā nirayasāhasraṃ te ca syurgrāmasūkarāḥ
ఆత్మహత్య చేసుకునే జనులు ఘోరాంధకారంలో ప్రవేశిస్తారు; వేల నరకయాతనలు అనుభవించి మళ్లీ గ్రామపు పందులుగా జన్మిస్తారు।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark moral tableau: a soul stepping into pitch-black ‘andhatamas’, then scenes of naraka torments, finally a rebirth as a village boar near refuse-heaps—contrasted faintly with Kāśī’s luminous sanctity in the distance.
FAQs
Suicide is portrayed as a severe adharma leading to intense suffering and degrading rebirth.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a moral warning within the Kāśī context.
None; it is a prohibition and karmic warning against ātmahanana (self-killing).