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
A quienes sin cesar calumniaron a los gurús, a las deidades y a los ascetas, aquí se les arranca la lengua, una y otra vez, innumerables veces.
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.
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