Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
ततः काले चं कस्मिंश्चिदवमेने च तां पिता । मुमूर्षुः पापसंकल्पो दुरात्मा कुलकज्जलः
tataḥ kāle caṃ kasmiṃścidavamene ca tāṃ pitā | mumūrṣuḥ pāpasaṃkalpo durātmā kulakajjalaḥ
ततः काले कस्यचित् समये तस्याः पिता ताम् अवमेने। मुमूर्षुः पापसंकल्पो दुरात्मा कुलकज्जलः स तिरस्कारेण चेष्टितवान्।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A tense domestic-court scene: the father, proud and contemptuous, publicly insults the Devī; attendants recoil; an ominous stillness suggests impending cosmic rupture.
FAQs
Disrespect toward the divine (and toward dharma) becomes a moral downfall and brings ruinous consequences.
No specific site is praised in this verse; it is a narrative warning within the Satī–Dakṣa episode.
None; the verse is descriptive, highlighting the fault of avamāna (insult).