Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
अथ संसेवितास्तैस्तु मानवाश्च परस्परम् । विरुद्धांश्च प्रकुर्वंति नाप्नुवंति यथा दिवम्
atha saṃsevitāstaistu mānavāśca parasparam | viruddhāṃśca prakurvaṃti nāpnuvaṃti yathā divam
Puis, sous l’emprise de ces vices, les humains se dressent les uns contre les autres, suscitant des conflits; ainsi n’atteignent-ils pas le ciel comme il conviendrait.
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A crowded settlement where people, stirred by vices, argue and clash; above them a faint, receding path to svarga closes, symbolizing lost merit.
FAQs
Indulgence in vices fractures human relationships and blocks higher attainments; harmony and virtue are prerequisites for heavenly merit.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it gives a moral consequence rather than a ritual rule.