Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
कन्याविक्रयकर्त्तारः कन्यानां जीवभंजकाः । पुरीषमध्यगा ह्येते पच्यंते मम किंकरैः
kanyāvikrayakarttāraḥ kanyānāṃ jīvabhaṃjakāḥ | purīṣamadhyagā hyete pacyaṃte mama kiṃkaraiḥ
Ceux qui vendent des jeunes filles et brisent leur vie sont cuits au milieu des ordures, tourmentés par mes serviteurs.
Yama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (addressed as dvijottama)
Scene: A grim Yama-loka tableau: offenders who sold or destroyed the lives of maidens are forced to suffer amid filth, driven by Yamadūtas; the scene is didactic, emphasizing moral horror rather than spectacle.
FAQs
Exploitation of vulnerable persons—especially commodifying or harming girls—is treated as extreme adharma with severe karmic return.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya setting; the verse supports moral purification associated with sacred travel and residence.
None; it is a condemnation of exploitative conduct rather than a ritual instruction.