Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
यैः कृता सततं निंदा गुरुदेवतपस्वि नाम् । तेषामुत्पाट्यते जिह्वा जाताजाताऽत्र भूरिशः
yaiḥ kṛtā satataṃ niṃdā gurudevatapasvi nām | teṣāmutpāṭyate jihvā jātājātā'tra bhūriśaḥ
Diejenigen, die unablässig Gurus, Gottheiten und Asketen verleumdeten—ihnen wird hier die Zunge herausgerissen, immer wieder, unzählige Male.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: A grim naraka tableau: a slanderer’s tongue is repeatedly torn out as a cosmic punishment; nearby stand symbolic figures of Guru, Deva, and Tapasvin as witnesses of violated reverence.
FAQs
Speech is sacred; abusing it through slander of the worthy is treated as a major aparādha with severe karmic return.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is ethical instruction within the wider tīrtha-oriented chapter.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the implied discipline is restraint of speech and reverence toward guru, deity, and ascetic.