Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
चण्डालादुदकात्सर्पाद्ब्राह्मणाद्वैद्युतादपि । दंष्ट्रिभ्यश्च पशुभ्यश्च मरणं पापकर्मणाम्
caṇḍālādudakātsarpādbrāhmaṇādvaidyutādapi | daṃṣṭribhyaśca paśubhyaśca maraṇaṃ pāpakarmaṇām
La mort venant d’un caṇḍāla, de l’eau, d’un serpent, d’un brāhmaṇa, même de la foudre, et de créatures mordantes ou de bêtes—une telle mort est dite le lot de ceux aux actes pécheurs.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: a sinful man threatened by multiple causes of death—serpent, lightning, wild beasts—set against the distant sanctity of Prabhāsa’s shore-temples, implying dharma as refuge.
FAQs
Actions bear fruit; grievous misdeeds are portrayed as leading to harsh and inauspicious ends.
The verse is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya but focuses on karmic instruction rather than a named tīrtha.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it supports the surrounding śrāddha/eligibility discussion by framing karmic outcomes.