Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
विषलोहायुधानां च दासीगोवाजिनामपि । विक्रेताऽसौ सदा मूढस्तथा वै केशचर्मणाम्
viṣalohāyudhānāṃ ca dāsīgovājināmapi | vikretā'sau sadā mūḍhastathā vai keśacarmaṇām
Cet homme, toujours égaré et insensé, vendait poisons et armes de fer ; et il trafiquait même des servantes esclaves, du bétail et des chevaux—ainsi que des cheveux et des peaux.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A marketplace vignette: the deluded man sells poison and iron weapons; nearby are chained slaves and penned cattle/horses; bundles of hair and hides hang—an image of commerce steeped in harm, contrasted with the unseen sanctity of Kāśī.
FAQs
Livelihood that harms beings—through violence, exploitation, or trafficking—is condemned as heavy adharma.
The setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa about Kāśī, but this verse is ethical instruction rather than a tīrtha description.
None; the verse lists sinful trades to establish culpability and karmic consequence.