Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
त्वचमस्य च संदंशैस्त्रोटय त्वं महाभुज । आश्लेषितुर्मित्रपत्न्या भुजावुत्पाटया शुच
tvacamasya ca saṃdaṃśaistroṭaya tvaṃ mahābhuja | āśleṣiturmitrapatnyā bhujāvutpāṭayā śuca
ดูก่อนผู้มีแขนใหญ่ จงใช้คีมฉีกผิวหนังของเขา และจงดึงแขนของชายผู้ไม่บริสุทธิ์ที่กอดภรรยาของเพื่อนออกเสีย
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa, Skanda → Agastya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Yamadūtas seize an adulterous betrayer; one holds iron pincers tearing skin, another wrenches arms—symbolic retribution for illicit embrace; the scene is set in a smoky infernal court.
FAQs
Betrayal and adultery—especially violating a friend’s marital bond—are severe adharma and lead to harsh karmic retribution.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework, where Kāśī is the sacred setting for expounding dharma, sin, and liberation.
None stated; the verse is a moral-legal warning through naraka imagery.