Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
निघ्नंतो वा शपंतो वा वदंतो वापि निष्ठुरम् । पूजनीयाः सदा विप्रा दिव्यांल्लोकानभीप्सुभिः
nighnaṃto vā śapaṃto vā vadaṃto vāpi niṣṭhuram | pūjanīyāḥ sadā viprā divyāṃllokānabhīpsubhiḥ
ते मारोत, शाप देोत, किंवा कठोर वचन बोलोत—दिव्य लोकांची इच्छा करणाऱ्यांनी विप्रांचे सदैव पूजन करावे।
Duḥśīla
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: brāhmaṇas remain composed even when striking/cursing; the aspirant bows, choosing reverence over retaliation, with a luminous path to divine realms implied.
FAQs
The verse teaches reverence toward brāhmaṇas as a dharmic ideal, linking humility and respect to higher spiritual destinations (divine worlds).
No particular tīrtha is specified in this line; it provides a general dharma teaching within the tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
No explicit ritual; the ‘prescription’ is ethical—pūjā/honor toward vipras.