Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः । एभिस्तु सह संयोगो विश्वस्तानां च वञ्चनम्
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ | ebhistu saha saṃyogo viśvastānāṃ ca vañcanam
ബ്രാഹ്മണഹത്യ, മദ്യപാനം, മോഷണം, ഗുരുപത്നീഗമനം—ഇത്തരം പാപങ്ങളോടുള്ള സംഗതി, കൂടാതെ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നവരെ വഞ്ചിക്കൽ—ഇവ മഹാപരാധങ്ങളാണ്.
Skanda (deduced for Revākhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A didactic scene: a sage enumerates grave sins; shadowy vignettes depict the four mahāpātakas and a fifth vignette shows a person betraying a trusting figure; the pilgrim listens with sober restraint.
FAQs
Dharma is anchored in non-harm, purity, honesty, and fidelity; betrayal and grave sins destroy spiritual standing.
The verse serves as a lead-in to the tīrtha’s purifying power described in the surrounding passage of Revā-kṣetra.
No direct rite here; it enumerates major sins that the subsequent tīrtha-merit is said to destroy.