Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82
मुनय ऊचुः । अदृष्टपूर्वमस्माभिर्वदनं मित्रघातिनाम् । कृत्वा पटान्तरे ह्येनं शृण्वन्तु गतिमस्य ताम्
munaya ūcuḥ | adṛṣṭapūrvamasmābhirvadanaṃ mitraghātinām | kṛtvā paṭāntare hyenaṃ śṛṇvantu gatimasya tām
Die Munis sprachen: „Noch nie haben wir das Antlitz derer gesehen, die einen Freund erschlagen. Stellt diesen Mann hinter einen Vorhang, und die Boten sollen hören, welches Geschick ihn erwartet.“
Munis (Sages)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages, stern and composed, refuse to look directly at a friend-betrayer; attendants draw a curtain, placing the accused behind it, as the sages prepare to declare his destined course.
FAQs
Betrayal of trust and friendship is treated as an especially grave adharma, warranting solemn adjudication of one’s fate.
This verse is within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), but this specific line focuses on moral judgment rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
No ritual is prescribed here; the sages arrange a hearing/announcement of the sinner’s destined consequence.