Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
ये निंदंति पुराणज्ञं कथां वा पापहारिणीम् । ते वै जन्मशतं मर्त्याः शुनका संभवंति च
ye niṃdaṃti purāṇajñaṃ kathāṃ vā pāpahāriṇīm | te vai janmaśataṃ martyāḥ śunakā saṃbhavaṃti ca
जो पुराण-ज्ञाता की निंदा करते हैं या पापहारिणी कथा का अपमान करते हैं, वे मनुष्य सौ जन्मों तक कुत्ते की योनि पाते हैं।
Unknown (context not supplied; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A reciter holding a manuscript; a heckler points and mocks; the moral consequence is shown symbolically as a chain of canine rebirths, while devotees shield the reciter with reverence.
FAQs
Do not disparage scripture or its teachers; such contempt becomes heavy karmic bondage.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
A moral prescription: refrain from nindā (revilement) of the purāṇa-knower and kathā.