Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
तद्वैगुण्यादपिस्वर्गात्पतिः पतति नान्यथा । तस्याः पिता च माता च भ्रातृवर्गस्तथैव च
tadvaiguṇyādapisvargātpatiḥ patati nānyathā | tasyāḥ pitā ca mātā ca bhrātṛvargastathaiva ca
Par cette faute (dans sa conduite), même l’époux tombe du ciel : il n’en est pas d’autre cause. Et de même son père et sa mère, ainsi que son cercle de frères, en subissent l’atteinte.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial scene of svarga where a husband’s seat trembles and dims due to a symbolic crack labeled ‘śīla-bhaṅga’; below, parents and brothers are shown with fading garlands, illustrating shared consequence.
FAQs
Puranic ethics emphasizes that personal conduct has wider karmic and familial consequences.
Kāśī is the narrative setting, but the verse itself addresses dharma and karmic consequence rather than a location.
None; it states a doctrine of consequence (fall from svarga) tied to moral fault (vaiguṇya).