Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
विश्वासघातकानां च कृतघ्नानां च यद्भवेत् । तेन पापेन लिप्येऽहं नागच्छामि पुनर्यदि
viśvāsaghātakānāṃ ca kṛtaghnānāṃ ca yadbhavet | tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi
विश्वासघात करणाऱ्यांना व कृतघ्नांना जे पाप लागते, मी पुन्हा परत आलो नाही तर त्या पापाने मी लिप्त होवो।
Nandinī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim, hands folded, stands before a sacred water/temple threshold, uttering a solemn saṅkalpa: ‘If I do not return, may I bear the sin of betrayers and the ungrateful.’ The atmosphere is austere and vow-bound.
FAQs
Dharma condemns betrayal and ingratitude; integrity in relationships is portrayed as spiritually weighty.
No site is named; the verse supports the narrative ethos within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None; it is an ethical assertion within an oath.
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