Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
ये च त्वां पूजयिष्यंति मानवा मोह संयुताः । ते कृच्छ्रं परमं प्राप्य नाशं यास्यंति कृत्स्नशः
ye ca tvāṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavā moha saṃyutāḥ | te kṛcchraṃ paramaṃ prāpya nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ
மயக்கத்தால் ஆட்கொள்ளப்பட்ட மனிதர்கள் உன்னை வணங்கினால், அவர்கள் கடும் துன்பத்தை அடைந்து இறுதியில் முற்றிலும் அழிவடைவார்கள்.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General human audience within the story; implied future worshippers
Scene: A prophetic warning: deluded humans offering worship to the cursed/unworthy, followed by imagery of hardship and downfall.
FAQs
Delusion-driven religiosity leads to suffering; dharma requires discernment and truth-aligned devotion.
No site is named; the verse functions as a moral warning within the Arbudakhaṇḍa narrative.
None; it describes a consequence for deluded worship.