Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
अपराधसहस्रेपि ब्राह्मणं योपराध्नुयात् । दिनैः कतिपयैरेव तस्यैश्वर्यं विनश्यति
aparādhasahasrepi brāhmaṇaṃ yoparādhnuyāt | dinaiḥ katipayaireva tasyaiśvaryaṃ vinaśyati
ទោះបីមនុស្សម្នាក់បានប្រព្រឹត្តកំហុសរាប់ពាន់ក៏ដោយ ប៉ុន្តែបើគាត់ប្រមាថព្រាហ្មណ៍ នោះក្នុងរយៈពេលតែប៉ុន្មានថ្ងៃ សម្បត្តិ និងសិរីរុងរឿងនៃអំណាចរបស់គាត់នឹងវិនាស។
Śiva (Deveśa) (deduced from immediate context: gaṇas reacting as Deveśa speaks)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic court-like scene in Kāśī: a figure warned by a sage/brāhmaṇa, with Lakṣmī (Śrī) symbolically departing as prosperity fades.
FAQs
Puranic dharma treats harm to brāhmaṇas as spiritually ruinous; such offense swiftly destroys prosperity.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where dharma is taught as part of Kāśī’s sanctifying greatness.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is an ethical injunction warning against brāhmaṇa-aparādha.