Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तस्माद्गच्छ द्रुतं यावन्न कश्चित्तापसस्तव । दत्त्वा शापं करोत्याशु प्राणानामपि संक्षयम्
tasmādgaccha drutaṃ yāvanna kaścittāpasastava | dattvā śāpaṃ karotyāśu prāṇānāmapi saṃkṣayam
«ដូច្នេះ ចូរទៅឆាប់ៗ មុនពេលមានតាបសណាម្នាក់ ដាក់បណ្តាសាអ្នក ហើយធ្វើឲ្យសូម្បីតែជីវពលរបស់អ្នក វិនាសយ៉ាងឆាប់រហ័ស»។
Ascetics/sages of the āśrama (collective warning)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A warning gesture—raised palm—directed at the dust-covered king, while in the background stern ascetics sit in meditation, their presence implying latent power.
FAQs
Disrespect in sacred spaces invites swift karmic consequence; tapas is depicted as spiritually potent.
The immediate locus is a revered muni-āśrama within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse highlights the protective sanctity of such a place.
No explicit ritual; it functions as a behavioral injunction—avoid offense (aparādha) in an āśrama/tīrtha.