Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
ब्राह्मणैर्निर्जितैर्मेने य आत्मानं जयान्वितम् । तामिस्रादिषु घोरेषु नरकेषु स पच्यते
brāhmaṇairnirjitairmene ya ātmānaṃ jayānvitam | tāmisrādiṣu ghoreṣu narakeṣu sa pacyate
ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಂದ ಸೋಲಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟರೂ ತಾನು ಜಯವಂತನೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸುವವನು ತಾಮಿಸ್ರಾದಿ ಘೋರ ನರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದಹಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Duḥśīla
Tirtha: Tāmisra (as consequence realm)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark moral vision: an arrogant man, though spiritually subdued by brāhmaṇas, boasts of victory and is dragged toward the dark hell Tāmisra where he is ‘cooked’.
FAQs
Pride and denial of moral defeat—especially against spiritual authority—lead to severe karmic consequences; humility is upheld as dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a general moral warning embedded in the chapter’s sacred narrative.
None; it describes karmic retribution rather than a ritual.
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