Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
ते चाद्यापीह दृश्यन्ते लोके क्षपणकाः किल । तथैव भिन्दकाश्चान्ये शिवशास्त्रबहिष्कृताः
te cādyāpīha dṛśyante loke kṣapaṇakāḥ kila | tathaiva bhindakāścānye śivaśāstrabahiṣkṛtāḥ
Même aujourd’hui, dit-on, on les voit encore en ce monde sous le nom de Kṣapaṇakas ; et de même il en est d’autres appelés Bhindakas — ceux qui sont exclus de l’enseignement du śāstra de Śiva.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic closing image: in the human world, figures identifiable as kṣapaṇakas and bhindakas appear—ascetic-looking yet marked as outside Śiva’s teaching; a Śiva shrine or liṅga stands as the luminous standard in the background.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames fidelity to Śiva’s śāstra as a safeguard, warning against paths seen as deviating from dharmic discipline.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this doctrinal boundary-marking is narrated.
None; it identifies groups described as outside Śaiva śāstric norms.