ये निंदंति पुराणज्ञं कथां वा पापहारिणीम् । ते वै जन्मशतं मर्त्याः शुनका संभवंति च
ye niṃdaṃti purāṇajñaṃ kathāṃ vā pāpahāriṇīm | te vai janmaśataṃ martyāḥ śunakā saṃbhavaṃti ca
जे पुराणज्ञाची निंदा करतात किंवा पापहारिणी कथेला अवमान करतात, ते मर्त्य शंभर जन्म कुत्र्याच्या योनीत जन्मतात.
Unknown (context not supplied; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A reciter holding a manuscript; a heckler points and mocks; the moral consequence is shown symbolically as a chain of canine rebirths, while devotees shield the reciter with reverence.
Do not disparage scripture or its teachers; such contempt becomes heavy karmic bondage.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
A moral prescription: refrain from nindā (revilement) of the purāṇa-knower and kathā.