Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
प्रथमं चौषधीद्रोग्धा आत्मद्रोग्धा ततः पुनः । पितृद्रोग्धा विश्वद्रोग्धा यात्यंधं शाश्वतीः समाः
prathamaṃ cauṣadhīdrogdhā ātmadrogdhā tataḥ punaḥ | pitṛdrogdhā viśvadrogdhā yātyaṃdhaṃ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
पहले औषधियों का द्रोही, फिर अपने आत्म का द्रोही; फिर पितरों का द्रोही और अंत में समस्त विश्व का द्रोही—ऐसा व्यक्ति अनन्त वर्षों तक अंधकार में जाता है।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A four-step moral descent shown as a sequence: (1) cutting medicinal herbs, (2) a figure harming himself, (3) neglecting ancestral rites with pitṛs fading, (4) a world-scene in distress; finally, the sinner falls into a cavern of darkness.
FAQs
Betrayal—of healing, self, ancestors, or society—destroys dharma and leads to severe karmic darkness.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general dharmic warning within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa discourse.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes ethical restraint (droha-tyāga) rather than a specific rite.