Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
सूचिता बहवोऽनेन ब्राह्मणा वित्तसंयुताः । राज्ञे पापेन तेनासौ सूचको भुवि विश्रुतः
sūcitā bahavo'nena brāhmaṇā vittasaṃyutāḥ | rājñe pāpena tenāsau sūcako bhuvi viśrutaḥ
In sündhafter Absicht zeigte er dem König viele wohlhabende Brāhmaṇas an; darum wurde er auf Erden als „Sūcaka“ (der Denunziant) bekannt.
Pretas
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other sages (outer frame)
Scene: A grim moral tableau: a man whispering accusations to a king while wealthy brāhmaṇas stand distressed; the informer’s shadow looms, foreshadowing preta-like consequence.
FAQs
Malicious accusation—especially against the righteous—creates heavy demerit and shapes one’s posthumous fate.
Prabhāsakṣetra frames the instruction; the moral focus is on dharma of speech and social harm.
None explicitly; the implied dharma is to avoid calumny and unjust denunciation.