Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74
न तेन सह भाषेत न पश्येत्तं नरं क्वचित् । तत्संभाषणमात्रेण महापातकभाग्भवेत्
na tena saha bhāṣeta na paśyettaṃ naraṃ kvacit | tatsaṃbhāṣaṇamātreṇa mahāpātakabhāgbhavet
ไม่ควรสนทนากับเขา และไม่ควรแม้แต่เห็นชายผู้นั้นที่ใดเลย; เพียงแค่พูดคุยกับเขา ก็ย่อมเป็นผู้มีส่วนในมหาบาป
Not explicit in snippet (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Setu-dharma inquirer (contextual)
Scene: A righteous pilgrim turns away, hand raised in restraint, refusing speech with a condemned man; behind them the tīrtha path and temple towers; a subtle dark aura around the wrongdoer symbolizes mahāpātaka-share.
FAQs
Purity of association is treated as spiritually consequential; even casual contact can normalize or share in grave wrongdoing.
The Setu Māhātmya frame remains in the background; this verse is a general dharma warning.
None; the instruction is avoidance (tyāga of harmful saṅga).
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