Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
परं मूर्तिर्न ते पूज्या कुत्रापि च भविष्यति । त्वया मे दूषिता भार्या ब्राह्मणी प्राणसंमता
paraṃ mūrtirna te pūjyā kutrāpi ca bhaviṣyati | tvayā me dūṣitā bhāryā brāhmaṇī prāṇasaṃmatā
Kein anderes Bild von dir wird irgendwo mehr verehrt werden. Denn du hast meine Gattin geschändet—eine Brāhmaṇī, die mir so lieb ist wie das Leben selbst.
Unclear from excerpt (a wronged husband/authority figure addressing a deity; narrative suggests a curse/edict context)
Scene: A sorrowful brāhmaṇa speaks of his beloved brāhmaṇī wife; Indra is shown as the offender; in the background, abandoned or shuttered shrines to Indra symbolize the declared non-worship elsewhere.
FAQs
Grave adharma—especially violation of a protected person—brings severe consequences that reshape worship and reputation.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the surrounding tīrtha narrative.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse introduces a restriction on worship and motivates a substitute form described later.