Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108
यत्पापं भ्रूणहत्यायां मृष्टमांसाशिनां च यत् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
yatpāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyāyāṃ mṛṣṭamāṃsāśināṃ ca yat | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
Se eu não abater a serpente que caiu sob o poder do meu olhar, que recaia sobre mim o pecado do feticídio e o dos que comem carne impura ou proibida.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a vow-like utterance within the tīrtha episode)
Scene: A tense moment: a serpent threatens near a family/pilgrim group; the protector intervenes. In the background, symbolic imagery (a withered bud for bhrūṇa-hatyā; a rejected meat platter) conveys the invoked grave sins.
FAQs
It underscores the gravity of life-destroying and purity-violating acts, using them as benchmarks to stress the seriousness of failing one’s immediate duty.
This is part of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 29); the specific tīrtha is not named in the provided excerpt.
No direct ritual instruction is present in this verse.