Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः । एभिस्तु सह संयोगो विश्वस्तानां च वञ्चनम्
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ | ebhistu saha saṃyogo viśvastānāṃ ca vañcanam
قتلُ البرهمن، وشربُ الخمر، والسرقة، ومقارفةُ زوجةِ المعلّم؛ والاقترانُ بهذه الآثام، وخداعُ من يثق بك—كلُّ ذلك من عظائم الذنوب.
Skanda (deduced for Revākhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A didactic scene: a sage enumerates grave sins; shadowy vignettes depict the four mahāpātakas and a fifth vignette shows a person betraying a trusting figure; the pilgrim listens with sober restraint.
FAQs
Dharma is anchored in non-harm, purity, honesty, and fidelity; betrayal and grave sins destroy spiritual standing.
The verse serves as a lead-in to the tīrtha’s purifying power described in the surrounding passage of Revā-kṣetra.
No direct rite here; it enumerates major sins that the subsequent tīrtha-merit is said to destroy.