Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22
ये पापिष्ठा दुराचारा मित्रद्रोहरताश्च ये । तेषां प्रबोधनार्थाय प्रसिद्धिमकरोत्पुरा
ye pāpiṣṭhā durācārā mitradroharatāśca ye | teṣāṃ prabodhanārthāya prasiddhimakarotpurā
ចំពោះអ្នកដែលមានបាបធ្ងន់ ប្រព្រឹត្តអាក្រក់ និងរីករាយក្នុងការក្បត់មិត្ត—ដើម្បីឲ្យពួកគេភ្ញាក់ដឹងខ្លួន កាលពីមុនព្រះអង្គបានធ្វើឲ្យរឿងនេះល្បីល្បាញទូលំទូលាយ។
Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (context speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-associated dharma-śāsana / tīrtha-māhātmya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher or royal figure proclaims the tīrtha’s dharma publicly; in the crowd stand remorseful wrongdoers—thieves, betrayers—softened by the message, turning toward the sacred path.
FAQs
Dharma is not only for the virtuous; it is proclaimed to reform the fallen—especially those guilty of deceit and betrayal.
The Dharmāraṇya context frames the proclamation as part of the region’s dharma-māhātmya, where moral awakening is a key benefit.
No ritual is specified; the prescription is ethical—abandon durācāra and mitra-droha through awakening to dharma.