Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59
यो मूढश्चाप्यधर्मात्मा पापपाषंडमाश्रितः । निजान्विप्रान्परित्यज्य परज्ञातींश्च मन्यते
yo mūḍhaścāpyadharmātmā pāpapāṣaṃḍamāśritaḥ | nijānviprānparityajya parajñātīṃśca manyate
ذلك الرجلُ الضالّ الظالم، الذي يلجأ إلى بدعةٍ آثمة—فيترك براهمته—ويتخذ الغرباءَ أهلًا وقرابة.
Deductive attribution: a Purāṇic narrator/instructor within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)
Scene: A cautionary tableau: a deluded man turns away from his own learned Brāhmaṇas and embraces dubious outsiders, symbolizing dharma’s rupture.
FAQs
Turning away from dharmic guidance and one’s rightful spiritual elders leads to delusion and moral decline.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is on dharmic allegiance and social-religious responsibility.
None; it is a warning against pāṣaṇḍa and against abandoning one’s dharmic supports.