Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
स्त्रीघ्नं गोघ्नं च मित्रघ्नं कूटशाल्मलिपादपे । उल्लंबय चिरंकालमूर्ध्वपादमधोमुखम्
strīghnaṃ goghnaṃ ca mitraghnaṃ kūṭaśālmalipādape | ullaṃbaya ciraṃkālamūrdhvapādamadhomukham
女性を殺した者、牛を殺した者、友人を殺した者を、偽のシャルマリーの木に、足を上に顔を下にして、長い間吊るしなさい。
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa, Skanda → Agastya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A terrifying yamadūta scene: a condemned sinner suspended upside-down from a deceptive śālmalī-like tree, limbs strained, in a dim infernal grove; Yama’s attendants point to the罪: woman-slaying, cow-slaying, friend-slaying.
FAQs
Grave हिंसा (violence)—especially against women, cows, and trusted friends—destroys dharma and yields severe karmic consequences.
The broader context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where dharma and its fruits (including naraka descriptions) are taught as part of Kāśī’s sacred teaching landscape.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse functions as a dharma-warning through karmic consequence.