Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
विश्रब्धस्यापहारी तु दुःखानां भाजनं भवेत् । धार्मिके क्षुद्रकारी यो नरः स वामनो भवेत्
viśrabdhasyāpahārī tu duḥkhānāṃ bhājanaṃ bhavet | dhārmike kṣudrakārī yo naraḥ sa vāmano bhavet
مَن يسرق ممّن وثق به يصير وعاءً للأحزان. والرجل الذي يتصرّف بخسّة تجاه البارّ المتمسّك بالدارما يُبعث في ولادةٍ أخرى قَزَماً.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A traveler entrusted with a pouch by a friend; he secretly takes it. Immediately, sorrow-figures gather around him. In a second vignette, he mocks a saintly person; his own figure is shown shrinking, symbolizing dwarf rebirth.
FAQs
Betraying trust and belittling the righteous bring intense karmic suffering and degraded rebirth.
No tīrtha is specified; the focus is moral causality (karmavipāka).
None; it is an ethical warning against theft and petty cruelty.