Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
अत्र यांति नरा विप्र पररंध्रनिरीक्षकाः । कूटकर्मरता ये च शास्त्रविक्रयकारकाः
atra yāṃti narā vipra pararaṃdhranirīkṣakāḥ | kūṭakarmaratā ye ca śāstravikrayakārakāḥ
हे ब्राह्मणा! येथे ते लोक येतात जे परक्यांचे दोष शोधतात, जे कूटकर्मात रमतात आणि जे शास्त्रांचा विक्री-व्यवहार करतात।
Yama
Tirtha: Asipatravana (implied destination)
Type: kshetra
Listener: vipra
Scene: Three groups of sinners: one peering through cracks in walls (spies), one forging documents/weights (fraudsters), one hawking palm-leaf scriptures in a marketplace; all are driven toward the blade-forest by Yama’s attendants.
FAQs
It condemns fault-finding, fraud, and commodifying sacred knowledge, emphasizing purity of speech, honesty, and reverence for śāstra.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is on ethical transgressions and their karmic result.
No direct ritual is prescribed; it identifies behaviors to avoid as adharma.