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
పూర్వకాలంలో, మరొక జన్మలో, నేను పాపిష్ఠుడైన లుబ్ధకుడు (వేటగాడు)ను—అన్ని రకాల జీవులను సంహరించేవాడిని, మళ్లీ వాటిని భక్షించేవాడిని కూడా।
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.