Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111
मांसमद्यप्रसक्तानां यत्पापं विटभोजिनाम् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
māṃsamadyaprasaktānāṃ yatpāpaṃ viṭabhojinām | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
மாம்சமும் மதுவும் பற்றியவர்களுக்கும், இழிந்த/அசுத்த உணவில் வாழ்வோருக்கும் உரிய பாவம்—என் பார்வைக்குள் வந்த இந்தப் பாம்பை நான் கொல்லாவிடில்—எனக்கே ஆகுக.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a vow-like utterance within the tīrtha episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the tīrtha boundary, the hero’s vow condemns intoxication and impure eating; the serpent, emblem of danger and moral poison, is held motionless by the hero’s steady gaze.
FAQs
It reinforces the Purāṇic ideal of self-restraint and purity, using ‘addiction’ as a marker of moral downfall.
It belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 29); the verse excerpt does not name the tīrtha directly.
None is explicitly stated.