Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
दण्डो यमस्य तावन्नो यावच्छापो द्विजोद्भवः । अग्निना ज्वाल्यते दृश्यं शापोद्दिष्टानपि स्वयम्
daṇḍo yamasya tāvanno yāvacchāpo dvijodbhavaḥ | agninā jvālyate dṛśyaṃ śāpoddiṣṭānapi svayam
ما دامت اللعنةُ الصادرةُ عن براهمن قائمة، فلن يكون عصا عقاب يَما بتلك العَجَلة. ويُرى أن تلك اللعنة تشتعل كالنار، فتحرق من تلقاء نفسها حتى الذين لا تُشير إليهم إلا إشارةً.
Unspecified (didactic warning within Tīrthamāhātmya; emphasizes brāhmaṇa-śāpa as a dharmic force)
FAQs
Disrespecting dharma’s custodians invites swift karmic consequence; moral-spiritual transgression is portrayed as self-igniting punishment.
No location is named in the verse; it functions as a general admonition within the tīrtha narrative setting.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied discipline is restraint and reverence toward brāhmaṇas and dharma.