Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
अपराधसहस्रेपि ब्राह्मणं योपराध्नुयात् । दिनैः कतिपयैरेव तस्यैश्वर्यं विनश्यति
aparādhasahasrepi brāhmaṇaṃ yoparādhnuyāt | dinaiḥ katipayaireva tasyaiśvaryaṃ vinaśyati
ആയിരം അപരാധങ്ങൾ ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിലും, ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ അപമാനിക്കുന്നവന്റെ ഐശ്വര്യവും ശ്രീയും ഏതാനും ദിവസങ്ങൾക്കകം നശിച്ചുപോകും।
Śiva (Deveśa) (deduced from immediate context: gaṇas reacting as Deveśa speaks)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic court-like scene in Kāśī: a figure warned by a sage/brāhmaṇa, with Lakṣmī (Śrī) symbolically departing as prosperity fades.
FAQs
Puranic dharma treats harm to brāhmaṇas as spiritually ruinous; such offense swiftly destroys prosperity.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where dharma is taught as part of Kāśī’s sanctifying greatness.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is an ethical injunction warning against brāhmaṇa-aparādha.