Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111
मांसमद्यप्रसक्तानां यत्पापं विटभोजिनाम् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
māṃsamadyaprasaktānāṃ yatpāpaṃ viṭabhojinām | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
ಮಾಂಸಮದ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತರಾದವರ ಹಾಗೂ ನೀಚ/ಅಪವಿತ್ರ ಭೋಜನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತರಾದವರ ಪಾಪವು ಏನಿದೆಯೋ, ದೃಷ್ಟಿವಶವಾಗಿ ಬಂದ ಈ ಸರ್ಪವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸಂಹರಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅದು ನನಗಾಗಲಿ.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a vow-like utterance within the tīrtha episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the tīrtha boundary, the hero’s vow condemns intoxication and impure eating; the serpent, emblem of danger and moral poison, is held motionless by the hero’s steady gaze.
FAQs
It reinforces the Purāṇic ideal of self-restraint and purity, using ‘addiction’ as a marker of moral downfall.
It belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 29); the verse excerpt does not name the tīrtha directly.
None is explicitly stated.