Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
चण्डालादुदकात्सर्पाद्ब्राह्मणाद्वैद्युतादपि । दंष्ट्रिभ्यश्च पशुभ्यश्च मरणं पापकर्मणाम्
caṇḍālādudakātsarpādbrāhmaṇādvaidyutādapi | daṃṣṭribhyaśca paśubhyaśca maraṇaṃ pāpakarmaṇām
A morte vinda de um caṇḍāla, da água, de uma serpente, de um brāhmaṇa, até mesmo do relâmpago, e de criaturas mordedoras e feras—tal morte é dita o quinhão dos que praticam atos pecaminosos.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: a sinful man threatened by multiple causes of death—serpent, lightning, wild beasts—set against the distant sanctity of Prabhāsa’s shore-temples, implying dharma as refuge.
FAQs
Actions bear fruit; grievous misdeeds are portrayed as leading to harsh and inauspicious ends.
The verse is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya but focuses on karmic instruction rather than a named tīrtha.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it supports the surrounding śrāddha/eligibility discussion by framing karmic outcomes.