Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
पप्रच्छुस्तं जनाः केचि द्धिक्पाप किमिदं कृतम् । वृत्तिभंगः कृतोऽनेन अथ त्वं व्यंतरार्दितः
papracchustaṃ janāḥ keci ddhikpāpa kimidaṃ kṛtam | vṛttibhaṃgaḥ kṛto'nena atha tvaṃ vyaṃtarārditaḥ
Certains l’interrogèrent : « Fi donc, pécheur ! Qu’as-tu fait là ? Par cet acte, tu as brisé le gagne-pain d’un homme. Ou bien es-tu tourmenté par quelque esprit errant (vyantara) ? »
Narrator (contextual; unspecified in snippet)
Scene: Villagers point accusing fingers at a man; one elder raises a palm in reprimand; another gestures as if warding off a spirit; the accused stands tense amid the crowd.
FAQs
It condemns actions that destroy another’s rightful livelihood, framing such harm as adharma and socially blameworthy.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative, but this particular line does not name a specific tīrtha.
None; the verse is ethical/narrative, not a direct injunction about snāna, dāna, or japa.