Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
अत्र चाधोमुखा बद्धा वृक्षशाखावलंबिताः । पच्यंते वह्निनाऽधस्ताद्ब्रह्मघ्ना ये च मानवाः
atra cādhomukhā baddhā vṛkṣaśākhāvalaṃbitāḥ | pacyaṃte vahninā'dhastādbrahmaghnā ye ca mānavāḥ
Hier werden jene Menschen, die Mörder eines Brāhmaṇa sind, mit dem Gesicht nach unten gebunden, an Baumzweigen hängend, von unten durch Feuer gekocht.
Skanda (deduced)
Scene: In Adhomukha, inverted sinners hang from tree branches, tightly bound; flames roar upward from below, scorching them while attendants maintain the suspension.
FAQs
Violence against the innocent—especially brahmahatyā—destroys merit and leads to extreme karmic retribution.
The verse is punitive cosmology within a tīrtha-focused section; it does not itself identify a pilgrimage site.
No expiation (prāyaścitta) is described here; only the consequence is stated.