Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः प्रोचुस्तच्छ्रुत्वा कोपसंयुताः । सीत्कारान्प्रचुरान्कृत्वा धिक्त्वां पाप प्रगम्यताम्
tataste brāhmaṇāḥ procustacchrutvā kopasaṃyutāḥ | sītkārānpracurānkṛtvā dhiktvāṃ pāpa pragamyatām
Kemudian para Brahmana itu, setelah mendengarnya, dipenuhi amarah; sambil mengeluarkan banyak bunyi desis, mereka berkata: “Malulah engkau, wahai pendosa—berambuslah!”
Sūta (reporting the Brāhmaṇas’ response)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas erupt in anger after hearing the confession; they hiss (sītkāra) and pronounce condemnation—‘Shame on you, sinner; depart!’—creating a charged, judicial atmosphere.
FAQs
Adharma provokes righteous censure; moral community functions as a corrective force within Purāṇic dharma.
Indirectly within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya; the verse itself emphasizes ethical judgment rather than site-description.
None; it records the Brāhmaṇas’ denunciation.