Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101
परपीडाकरा नित्यं ये नरोऽन्त्यजगामिनः । गुरुदाररतानां तु महापातकिनामपि
parapīḍākarā nityaṃ ye naro'ntyajagāminaḥ | gurudāraratānāṃ tu mahāpātakināmapi
എപ്പോഴും മറ്റുള്ളവർക്കു ദുഃഖം വരുത്തുന്നവരും, അത്യന്തം പതിതമായ ആചാരത്തിലേക്ക് വീഴുന്നവരും, ഗുരുപത്നിയിൽ രമിക്കുന്നവരും—അവരും മഹാപാതകികൾ, മഹാപാപികൾ എന്നായി എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral courtroom tableau: figures representing habitual oppressors, the morally fallen, and the guru’s-wife transgressor; Yama’s attendants record deeds; the victims’ suffering is visible as a shadow behind the perpetrators.
FAQs
It condemns habitual cruelty and sexual transgression (especially violating the guru’s household) as grave adharma, classifying such conduct among mahāpātakas.
The broader context is the Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā/Revā region) within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself is a moral classification rather than a direct site-glorification.
No specific ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it functions as a dharmic warning by identifying actions that constitute great sin.