Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
मातृपितृपरित्यागः कूटसाक्षी सुहृद्वधः । अभक्ष्यभक्षणं वन्यजंतूनां काम्यया वधः
mātṛpitṛparityāgaḥ kūṭasākṣī suhṛdvadhaḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ vanyajaṃtūnāṃ kāmyayā vadhaḥ
माता-पिता का परित्याग, झूठी गवाही देना, मित्र का वध, अभक्ष्य का भक्षण, और कामना से वन्य जीवों का वध—ये सब घोर पाप हैं।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A sequence of moral tableaux: an elderly mother and father left unattended; a courtroom scene with a witness speaking falsely; a friend struck down; a person eating prohibited food; a hunter killing a deer for pleasure—each under the shadow of Yama’s gaze.
FAQs
Dharma rests on gratitude to parents, truthfulness, loyalty, purity in diet, and restraint from desire-driven violence.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching is ethical and dharma-centered.
No specific rite; it lists prohibited actions to be avoided.