Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
त्यक्तलज्जस्त्यक्तवेदः पशुचर्यारत स्तथा । स पूयविष्ठामूत्रासृक्छ्लेष्मपित्तादिपूरिते
tyaktalajjastyaktavedaḥ paśucaryārata stathā | sa pūyaviṣṭhāmūtrāsṛkchleṣmapittādipūrite
Ayant rejeté la pudeur et renié le Veda, se complaisant dans une conduite bestiale, il demeure en un lieu rempli de pus, d’excréments, d’urine, de sang, de flegme, de bile et autres immondices.
Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A fallen figure, stripped of modesty and Vedic markers, is shown in a dark pit filled with repulsive fluids; the scene is intentionally didactic, with symbolic broken palm-leaf Veda and discarded garments of modesty nearby.
FAQs
Rejecting Vedic restraint and moral shame leads to degrading karmic outcomes described as hellish suffering.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a larger Setu-context warning about ethical prerequisites.
None; the focus is on prohibited conduct and its consequence.