Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
अत्र यांति नरा विप्र पररंध्रनिरीक्षकाः । कूटकर्मरता ये च शास्त्रविक्रयकारकाः
atra yāṃti narā vipra pararaṃdhranirīkṣakāḥ | kūṭakarmaratā ye ca śāstravikrayakārakāḥ
Wahai Brāhmaṇa, ke sini datang orang yang mengintai cela orang lain, yang gemar pada perbuatan tipu daya, dan mereka yang memperdagangkan kitab-kitab suci.
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.