Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
शीघ्रं निःसर पापिष्ठ निःसरिष्यसि चेन्न हि । क्षणात्तव पुरं क्षेप्स्ये पावित्र्यायैव सागरे
śīghraṃ niḥsara pāpiṣṭha niḥsariṣyasi cenna hi | kṣaṇāttava puraṃ kṣepsye pāvitryāyaiva sāgare
جلدی باہر نکل آ، اے بدترین گنہگار؛ اگر تو نہ نکلا تو ایک لمحے میں تیرا شہر سمندر میں پھینک دوں گا—صرف تطہیر کے لیے۔
Dhanañjaya (envoy) (threatening ultimatum)
Tirtha: Sāgara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāpiṣṭha (the sinful Dānava/Daitya)
Scene: A stern divine command: the sinful one must exit immediately or his entire city will be hurled into the ocean for purification; the sea looms as a vast cleansing force.
FAQs
When adharma refuses counsel, decisive action follows; destruction is framed as restoring purity and cosmic order.
No; “ocean” is mentioned as a cosmic purifier, not as a named tīrtha.
None; “purification” is metaphorical/cosmic rather than a stated ritual.