Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
विषलोहायुधानां च दासीगोवाजिनामपि । विक्रेताऽसौ सदा मूढस्तथा वै केशचर्मणाम्
viṣalohāyudhānāṃ ca dāsīgovājināmapi | vikretā'sau sadā mūḍhastathā vai keśacarmaṇām
ആ മൂഢൻ എപ്പോഴും വിഷവും ഇരുമ്പായുധങ്ങളും വിൽക്കുന്നവനായിരുന്നു; ദാസിമാർ, പശുക്കൾ, കുതിരകൾ എന്നിവയും കച്ചവടം ചെയ്തു—അതുപോലെ മുടിയും ത്വക്കും കൂടി।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A marketplace vignette: the deluded man sells poison and iron weapons; nearby are chained slaves and penned cattle/horses; bundles of hair and hides hang—an image of commerce steeped in harm, contrasted with the unseen sanctity of Kāśī.
FAQs
Livelihood that harms beings—through violence, exploitation, or trafficking—is condemned as heavy adharma.
The setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa about Kāśī, but this verse is ethical instruction rather than a tīrtha description.
None; the verse lists sinful trades to establish culpability and karmic consequence.