Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
मातृकं पैतृकं वंशं श्वाशुरं च प्रपातयेत् । तस्मादेतेन कृत्येन गर्हितेन धरातले
mātṛkaṃ paitṛkaṃ vaṃśaṃ śvāśuraṃ ca prapātayet | tasmādetena kṛtyena garhitena dharātale
या धरातलावर या गर्हित कृत्याने मनुष्य मातृकुळ, पितृवंश आणि श्वशुरकुळही अधःपात करतो; म्हणून हे कर्म निंद्य आहे।
Unspecified (admonitory narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral climax: the speaker declares that a condemned deed causes the fall of maternal, paternal, and affinal lineages; visualized as three family trees or ancestral figures dimming while the dharma-speaker stands firm near a sacred precinct.
FAQs
Adharma harms not only the individual but also brings dishonor and decline upon interconnected families and lineages.
Not specified in this isolated verse; it remains within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya chapter setting.
None; it states social-spiritual consequences rather than prescribing a rite.