Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
आताडयैनं दुर्वृत्तं धृत्वा पादौ शिलातले । उत्पाटयास्य नेत्रे त्वं निधाय चरणं गले
ātāḍayainaṃ durvṛttaṃ dhṛtvā pādau śilātale | utpāṭayāsya netre tvaṃ nidhāya caraṇaṃ gale
ഈ ദുഷ്ടനെ അടിക്കൂ, കാലുകൾ കല്ലിൽ ചേർത്തുപിടിക്കൂ. ഇവന്റെ കഴുത്തിൽ കാൽ വെച്ചുകൊണ്ട് ഇവന്റെ കണ്ണുകൾ പിഴുതെടുക്കൂ.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bound offender is forced onto a stone platform; attendants pin his feet, one presses a foot to his throat, another reaches toward the eyes—an intense tableau of coercive punishment.
FAQs
The Purāṇa uses stark imagery to awaken fear of adharma and inspire self-restraint, confession, and reform.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography, though this particular verse is not a tīrtha-māhātmya line.
No explicit rite is described; the implied prescription is ethical correction and avoidance of sinful conduct.