Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
दंदशूकैर्भृशं दष्टो दुष्टः शिष्टैर्विगर्हितः । काष्ठेष्टलोष्टैः पापिष्ठः कृतानिष्टः सदात्मनः
daṃdaśūkairbhṛśaṃ daṣṭo duṣṭaḥ śiṣṭairvigarhitaḥ | kāṣṭheṣṭaloṣṭaiḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ kṛtāniṣṭaḥ sadātmanaḥ
لُدِغ بشدّة من الحيّات، وكان خبيثًا مذمومًا عند الأخيار؛ وهذا الأشدّ إثمًا—المؤذي دائمًا للصالحين—ضُرِب بالعصيّ وشظايا الأواني وكتل التراب.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sinner beset by serpents and pelted with sticks, potsherds, and clods, while virtuous elders point in censure—an image of karmic and communal correction.
FAQs
Persistent harm to the righteous invites both karmic suffering and public censure, isolating the wrongdoer from dharmic society.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it supports the moral arc within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; it is a description of consequences and condemnation.