Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
ये च त्वां पूजयिष्यंति मानवा मोह संयुताः । ते कृच्छ्रं परमं प्राप्य नाशं यास्यंति कृत्स्नशः
ye ca tvāṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavā moha saṃyutāḥ | te kṛcchraṃ paramaṃ prāpya nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ
Et les hommes qui, égarés par l’illusion, te rendront un culte : après avoir subi une détresse extrême, ils iront à la ruine totale.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General human audience within the story; implied future worshippers
Scene: A prophetic warning: deluded humans offering worship to the cursed/unworthy, followed by imagery of hardship and downfall.
FAQs
Delusion-driven religiosity leads to suffering; dharma requires discernment and truth-aligned devotion.
No site is named; the verse functions as a moral warning within the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative.
None; it describes a consequence for deluded worship.