Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89
दुश्चर्माणो दुर्भगाश्च जायन्ते मानवा हि ते । मानकूटं तुलाकूटं कूटकं तु वदन्ति ये
duścarmāṇo durbhagāśca jāyante mānavā hi te | mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ kūṭakaṃ tu vadanti ye
കള്ള അളവുകളും കള്ള തൂക്കവും വഞ്ചനാപരമായ കൃത്രിമത്വവും പറയുന്ന (ചെയ്യുന്ന)വർ ചർമ്മരോഗവും ദുര്ഭാഗ്യവും സഹിതം മനുഷ്യരായി ജന്മിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative style within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-mahātmya context
Type: river
Scene: A marketplace scene: a trader secretly uses false weights and counterfeit goods; the karmic mirror shows future birth with diseased skin and a cloud of ill-luck hovering.
FAQs
Truthfulness and fairness in trade are dharma; fraud harms society and rebounds as suffering and misfortune.
No tīrtha is named; it is an ethical instruction embedded within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; the verse condemns dishonest commerce and counterfeiting.