व्रतभंगकरा ये च ये च पाषण्डिनो नराः । तेऽत्रागत्य शितैः शस्त्रैः पिष्यंते पापकृत्तमाः
vratabhaṃgakarā ye ca ye ca pāṣaṇḍino narāḥ | te'trāgatya śitaiḥ śastraiḥ piṣyaṃte pāpakṛttamāḥ
Те, кто нарушает священные обеты (врата), и те люди, что следуют еретическим путям, разрушающим дхарму, — придя сюда, эти худшие грешники сокрушаются острыми оружиями.
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed Brahmin interlocutor)
Scene: A grim infernal chamber where vow-breakers and pāṣaṇḍins are driven onto a crushing apparatus of sharp weapons; blades press from all sides, symbolizing the ‘cutting’ of dharma and the recoil of broken discipline.
Vows (vratas) are sacred contracts with dharma; breaking them and undermining dharma leads to severe karmic downfall.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it continues the didactic naraka narrative inside a tīrtha-māhātmya section.
The verse references vratas in general but does not prescribe a particular vow or expiation.
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