Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
पशुमुख उवाच । परस्य प्रेष्यतां यातु सदा जन्मनिजन्मनि । सर्वधर्म क्रियाहीनो बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
paśumukha uvāca | parasya preṣyatāṃ yātu sadā janmanijanmani | sarvadharma kriyāhīno bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
ಪಶುಮುಖನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಯಾರು ‘ಬಿಸಸ್ತೈನ್ಯ’ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನು ಜನ್ಮಜನ್ಮಾಂತರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪರರ ಸೇವಕನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಎಲ್ಲ ಧರ್ಮಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳಿಂದ ಹೀನನಾಗಿರುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Paśumukha
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Paśumukha declares the karmic result: a figure shown in successive life-frames serving others, carrying burdens, while ritual fires and prayer implements lie unused—symbolizing ‘sarva-dharma-kriyā-hīna’.
FAQs
The text links theft with long-term loss of autonomy and spiritual discipline across repeated births.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred context; this verse is a general karmic warning.
None; it notes deprivation of dharma-practice as a consequence.