Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
मातृपितृपरित्यागः कूटसाक्षी सुहृद्वधः । अभक्ष्यभक्षणं वन्यजंतूनां काम्यया वधः
mātṛpitṛparityāgaḥ kūṭasākṣī suhṛdvadhaḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ vanyajaṃtūnāṃ kāmyayā vadhaḥ
தாய்-தந்தையைத் துறத்தல், பொய்ச் சாட்சி கூறல், நண்பனை வதைத்தல், உண்ணத் தகாததை உண்ணல், ஆசையால் காட்டுயிர்களை கொல்லல்—இவை எல்லாம் கொடிய பாவங்கள்.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A sequence of moral tableaux: an elderly mother and father left unattended; a courtroom scene with a witness speaking falsely; a friend struck down; a person eating prohibited food; a hunter killing a deer for pleasure—each under the shadow of Yama’s gaze.
FAQs
Dharma rests on gratitude to parents, truthfulness, loyalty, purity in diet, and restraint from desire-driven violence.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching is ethical and dharma-centered.
No specific rite; it lists prohibited actions to be avoided.