Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
यमदूतैर्महाघोरैर्ब्रह्मवृत्तिविलोपकः । एवंविधैर्महादुष्टैः पीड्यंते ते महागणैः
yamadūtairmahāghorairbrahmavṛttivilopakaḥ | evaṃvidhairmahāduṣṭaiḥ pīḍyaṃte te mahāgaṇaiḥ
Le destructeur des moyens de subsistance d'un Brāhmaṇa est tourmenté par les messagers terriblement effrayants de Yama, par de grandes armées de bourreaux extrêmement méchants.
Brahmā (to Nārada, inferred)
Scene: Terribly fearsome yamadūtas—dark-bodied, red-eyed, armed with nooses and clubs—torment the offender who destroyed a brāhmaṇa’s livelihood; they appear as a vast host of tormentors surrounding the trembling soul.
FAQs
To harm a Brāhmaṇa’s rightful sustenance—often tied to grants and dāna—is a severe sin attracting Yama’s punishment.
No site is identified; the verse focuses on dharma-protection and cosmic justice.
None explicitly; the dharmic duty implied is to safeguard righteous endowments and livelihoods.