Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
सत्याद्वापि स विज्ञेयो महापातककारकः । युष्मद्भीत्या समायाताः स्वर्गिणः शरणं मम
satyādvāpi sa vijñeyo mahāpātakakārakaḥ | yuṣmadbhītyā samāyātāḥ svargiṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama
たとえ真実のためであっても、そのような者は大罪をなす者と知られるべきである。汝らを恐れて我がもとへ庇護を求めて来た者たち—たとえ天界の住人であっても—を見捨てるならば。
Samudra (Sāgara), lord of rivers
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A solemn pronouncement: the speaker declares ‘mahāpātaka’ while pointing toward trembling celestial beings seeking shelter; brāhmaṇas listen, the sea and sky meeting behind them.
FAQs
No moral pretext—even ‘truth’ as an excuse—justifies betraying the duty to protect those who have sought refuge.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where narratives teach that refuge-dharma sustains cosmic order.
None; the focus is on defining grave sin (mahāpātaka) in relation to śaraṇāgata-dharma.