Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
व्यभिचारादृतौ शुद्धिर्गर्भे त्यागो विधीयते । गर्भभर्तृवधादौ तु महत्यपि च कल्मषे
vyabhicārādṛtau śuddhirgarbhe tyāgo vidhīyate | garbhabhartṛvadhādau tu mahatyapi ca kalmaṣe
Após o adultério, a purificação é possível quando chega o tempo devido; mas, havendo gravidez, prescreve-se o abandono. Porém, em casos como o assassinato do embrião ou do marido, ainda que a culpa seja enorme…
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sober dharma-sabhā setting in Kāśī: a teacher expounds prāyaścitta; a penitent couple stands aside; symbolic imagery of a womb/embryo protected by a halo of dharma, contrasted with darkened sin-clouds.
FAQs
It differentiates between levels of transgression and their consequences, highlighting that some acts intensify culpability beyond ordinary purification.
No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
It mentions purification after adultery in due course, but prescribes abandonment if pregnancy results; it also signals special gravity for acts like embryo- or husband-killing.