Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
यश्च वो विदितं कुर्यादेवं कश्चित्क्वचिन्नरः । स जीवञ्छूलमारोहेत्स्वयं कृत्वा सबांधवः
yaśca vo viditaṃ kuryādevaṃ kaścitkvacinnaraḥ | sa jīvañchūlamārohetsvayaṃ kṛtvā sabāṃdhavaḥ
யார் எங்கேயாயினும் உங்களிடம் இதை வெளிப்படுத்தினால், அவன் தன் செய்த குற்றத்தினால், உறவினருடன் சேர்ந்து, உயிரோடு கம்பத்தில் ஏற வேண்டியதாயிருக்கும்.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern proclamation of punishment: anyone who reveals the secret will be impaled alive along with his kin—an austere, fear-charged civic decree scene.
FAQs
Speech (vāk) is treated as morally weighty in Purāṇic dharma; violating a grave injunction brings severe, self-incurred consequence extending to one’s social circle.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting; the māhātmya frames events as part of the sacred geography surrounding Prabhāsa on the seacoast.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse states a deterrent punishment tied to a strict injunction.