Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
महामांसाशनं यस्मात्कारितोऽहं त्वयाधम । रक्षोवद्राक्षसस्तस्मात्त्वमद्यैव भविष्यसि
mahāmāṃsāśanaṃ yasmātkārito'haṃ tvayādhama | rakṣovadrākṣasastasmāttvamadyaiva bhaviṣyasi
“Wahai si hina! Oleh sebab engkau telah memaksa aku memakan daging yang besar itu, maka pada hari ini juga engkau akan menjadi Rākṣasa, seperti manusia yang berwatak raksasa.”
Vasiṣṭha (curse/condemnation)
Listener: (assembly of sages)
Scene: Vasiṣṭha, blazing with ascetic power, pronounces a curse; the offender recoils as the doom of becoming a rākṣasa is declared ‘today itself’.
FAQs
Deliberate adharma against a sage rebounds swiftly; moral law is portrayed as immediate and transformative.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the chapter’s moral arc within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; the verse is a curse-pronouncement (śāpa) rooted in dharmic violation.