Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
तेषां दण्डो विधेयस्तु य उक्तो विधिवद्विजैः । चिह्नं न राममुद्राया यावद्दंडं ददाति न
teṣāṃ daṇḍo vidheyastu ya ukto vidhivadvijaiḥ | cihnaṃ na rāmamudrāyā yāvaddaṃḍaṃ dadāti na
Für solche Personen ist die Strafe wahrlich zu verhängen, wie es die gelehrten Zweimalgeborenen ordnungsgemäß verkündet haben. Solange die Strafe nicht entrichtet ist, soll das Zeichen von Rāmas Mudrā nicht getragen werden.
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Listener: nṛpasattama (a king)
Scene: A council of learned dvijas pronounces a measured penalty; a devotee stands humbly without the Rāma-mudrā mark, awaiting completion of penance before re-adoption.
FAQs
Accountability is part of dharma; sacred identity is validated by ethical rectification, not mere display.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-rule within the Dharmāraṇya context.
A rule of eligibility: one should not bear Rāma’s mudrā-mark until the prescribed penalty/atonement is fulfilled.