Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
तथा चैव तु षड्भागो गृहीतो विभवस्य च । तस्मादेष समस्तानां बाह्यभूतो भविष्यति
tathā caiva tu ṣaḍbhāgo gṛhīto vibhavasya ca | tasmādeṣa samastānāṃ bāhyabhūto bhaviṣyati
“കൂടാതെ സമ്പത്തിന്റെ ആറിലൊരുഭാഗവും എടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ അവൻ സമസ്ത സമൂഹത്തിനും പുറത്താക്കപ്പെട്ടവനായി—എല്ലാവരിൽ നിന്നും വേർപെട്ടവനായി—തീരും.”
Nāgaras (collective speakers within Sūta’s narration)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame)
Scene: An elder announces that a sixth portion of wealth was taken; the accused is symbolically pushed outside the circle/threshold, indicating ‘bāhya-bhūta’ (outcaste/excluded).
FAQs
Unjust appropriation—especially in a sacred/ritual setting—breaks communal dharma and results in exclusion, underscoring accountability.
The sanction is narrated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya context, portraying the kṣetra as a realm where dharma is actively upheld.
Not a rite but a consequence tied to wrongdoing: social exclusion (bāhya-bhāva) for taking the ṣaḍbhāga of wealth.