Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
अज्ञानभावाद्देवेशो नूनं चात्रार्चितः ।शिवः । तस्मात्कर्मफलं प्राप्तमन्त्यजत्वं द्विजन्मना
ajñānabhāvāddeveśo nūnaṃ cātrārcitaḥ |śivaḥ | tasmātkarmaphalaṃ prāptamantyajatvaṃ dvijanmanā
নিশ্চয়ই অজ্ঞতাবশে এখানে দেবেশ শিবের (অবিধিপূর্বক) পূজা হয়েছিল; তাই সেই কর্মফলে এক দ্বিজ অন্ত্যজত্ব লাভ করল।
Sūta (narrating the karmic explanation) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gupta-liṅga within Prabhāsa (unnamed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame implied; not explicit)
Scene: Arundhatī, now solemn, narrates an inner vision: a dvija performing flawed worship before the liṅga; the scene fades into an image of social downfall, conveying karmic retribution.
FAQs
Dharma emphasizes right understanding and right practice; ignorance in worship can yield painful karmic consequences.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the setting where worship and its karmic results are revealed.
No specific rite is detailed; the verse highlights the necessity of proper, informed worship (arcana).