Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
हनुमानुवाच । किं मयाकारि तत्पापं नन्दिन्देवार्थकारिणा । राक्षसाश्च हता दुष्टा विप्रयज्ञाङ्गघातिनः
hanumānuvāca | kiṃ mayākāri tatpāpaṃ nandindevārthakāriṇā | rākṣasāśca hatā duṣṭā viprayajñāṅgaghātinaḥ
Hanumān thưa: “Ôi Nandī, ta đã gây tội gì khi hành động vì mục đích của chư thiên? Ta chỉ diệt những Rākṣasa hung ác—kẻ tàn phá các brāhmaṇa và những phần thể của lễ tế yajña.”
Hanumān
Tirtha: Kailāsa (dharma-vicāra at the threshold)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Hanumān protests: ‘What sin did I commit, acting for the gods? I slew wicked rākṣasas who harmed brāhmaṇas and the limbs of sacrifice.’
FAQs
Purāṇic ethics distinguishes righteous intent from subtle karmic residue; even dharmic acts raise questions that are resolved through prescribed purification.
Not named in this verse; the chapter’s resolution points to Revā/Narmadā tīrthas as the cleansing locus.
None here; it prepares for the later instruction of tīrtha-snāna for removing the darkness arising from such acts.