Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
तच्छ्रुत्वा विनता प्राह यस्ते कंठगतोंऽगज । खदिरांगारवद्दह्यात्तमपाकुरु दूरतः
tacchrutvā vinatā prāha yaste kaṃṭhagatoṃ'gaja | khadirāṃgāravaddahyāttamapākuru dūrataḥ
हे ऐकून विनता म्हणाली—पुत्रा, जो तुझ्या कंठात गेला आहे तो खदिराच्या अंगारासारखा जाळील; त्याला दूर टाक।
Vinatā, speaking to Garuda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Garuḍa
Scene: Vinatā instructs Garuḍa: the one in your throat would burn like a khadira ember—cast him away far; the imagery suggests inner heat and karmic recoil.
FAQs
The righteous (especially a brāhmaṇa) possesses spiritual potency; harming or retaining harm toward such a person invites burning consequences.
The passage belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame; the verse functions as moral instruction within the Kāśī-māhātmya narrative.
No direct rite is stated; it is a warning and instruction to remove the cause of adharma immediately.