Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
रसविक्रयिणो ये च ये चान्ये पापरोगिणः । अग्निदा गरदाश्चैव गोघ्नाश्चैव स्ववंशजाः
rasavikrayiṇo ye ca ye cānye pāparogiṇaḥ | agnidā garadāścaiva goghnāścaiva svavaṃśajāḥ
જે મદ્યાદિ નશીલાં રસોનો વેપાર કરે છે અને જે અન્ય પાપરોગોથી પીડિત છે; આગ લગાવનાર, વિષ આપનાર તથા ગોહત્યારા—પોતાના જ વંશમાં જન્મેલા હોય તો પણ—તેઓ પણ (અહીં) સમાવેશ પામે છે।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A somber Kāśī setting where the narrator enumerates grave sinners—liquor traders, arsonists, poisoners, cow-slayers—yet the sacred city’s compassionate aura suggests their inclusion in a rite of uplift.
FAQs
The duty of śrāddha/tarpaṇa is not cancelled by another’s sins; remembrance and offering are channels of purification and mercy.
Kāśī’s Gaṅgā-tīrtha setting frames these verses as a powerful place for ancestral upliftment.
Include in offerings even relatives guilty of grave sins (arson, poisoning, cow-slaughter) and those marked by sinful afflictions.