Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
इति निश्चित्य मनसा पापस्तं लवणोदधौ । चिक्षेप सोमशर्माणं पापध्यातेन चेतसा
iti niścitya manasā pāpastaṃ lavaṇodadhau | cikṣepa somaśarmāṇaṃ pāpadhyātena cetasā
یوں دل میں فیصلہ کر کے، اس گنہگار نے بد نیتی سے سیاہ دل لیے سوماشَرما کو نمکین سمندر میں پھینک دیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: लवणोदधि (as geographic marker, not a praised tīrtha here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Violent moment: Sahadeva thrusts Somaśarmā overboard into dark, foaming salt water; gold glints behind; the victim’s body arcs into the sea under a starless sky.
FAQs
A mind that entertains pāpadhyāna (evil brooding) quickly turns to pāpakarma (sinful action), leading to inevitable karmic retribution.
This verse does not glorify a tīrtha; it advances a moral narrative within Revā Khaṇḍa.
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