Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
तस्मात्त्वमपि चास्माकं बाह्य एव भविष्यसि । सुशीलोऽपि हि दुःशीलो नाम्ना संकीर्त्यसे बुधैः
tasmāttvamapi cāsmākaṃ bāhya eva bhaviṣyasi | suśīlo'pi hi duḥśīlo nāmnā saṃkīrtyase budhaiḥ
“അതുകൊണ്ട് നീയും ഞങ്ങളുടെ സമൂഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്താക്കപ്പെടും. പേരിൽ സുശീലനായാലും, ബുദ്ധിമാന്മാർ നിന്നെ ‘ദുശീലൻ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കും.”
Brāhmaṇas (Dvijas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The brāhmaṇas pronounce excommunication; Suśīla stands isolated at the edge of the assembly, his name symbolically inverted—‘Suśīla’ to ‘Duḥśīla’—as onlookers avert their gaze.
FAQs
Moral identity is upheld as conduct-based: a good name without good conduct is reversed by the judgment of the wise.
No specific site is named in this verse; it advances the moral narrative within the tīrtha chapter.
None; it is a pronouncement of social-religious exclusion and reputational reversal.