Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
यश्चापराधसंयुक्तानेतान्खेदं नयिष्यति । योजयिष्यति वा क्लेशैर्विविधैर्वा पराभवैः । स शत्रुभिः पराभूतो वेष्टितो विविधैर्गदैः
yaścāparādhasaṃyuktānetānkhedaṃ nayiṣyati | yojayiṣyati vā kleśairvividhairvā parābhavaiḥ | sa śatrubhiḥ parābhūto veṣṭito vividhairgadaiḥ
परंतु जो अपराधबुद्धीने यांना दुःख देईल, किंवा नानाविध क्लेश व विविध अपमानांत टाकील—तो शत्रूंनी पराभूत होईल आणि अनेक रोगांनी ग्रासला जाईल।
King (mahīpati) giving a warning (śāpa-like consequence) about violating the grant
Scene: A contrasting tableau: a ruler’s men harass Brahmins; immediately the king is shown later surrounded by enemy soldiers and afflicted, physicians helpless—visualizing karmic recoil.
FAQs
Oppressing the righteous and violating sacred endowments rebounds as social defeat and personal suffering.
The verse serves the tīrtha narrative by safeguarding dharmic institutions; it does not specify a named site.
None; it is a prohibition—do not harass or dishonor the Brahmin beneficiaries of the donation.