Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
सदैवाऽनुष्ठिताऽनेन सुपापेन कृतघ्नता । कृतघ्नः प्रोच्यते तेन कर्मणा नृपसत्तम
sadaivā'nuṣṭhitā'nena supāpena kṛtaghnatā | kṛtaghnaḥ procyate tena karmaṇā nṛpasattama
มหาบาปผู้นี้ประพฤติความอกตัญญูอยู่เสมอ เพราะกรรมนั้นเอง ข้าแต่พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ เขาจึงถูกเรียกว่า ‘กฤตฆนะ’ (ผู้เนรคุณ)
Māṃsāda (preta)
Listener: nṛpasattama (the king)
Scene: A didactic court-scene: a narrator points out a notorious sinner labeled ‘Kṛtaghna’; the king listens gravely as the moral stain is named as the cause of his epithet.
FAQs
Ingratitude is treated as a grave adharma; honoring benefactors and received good is central to purāṇic ethical life.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a moral characterization within the larger holy-place narrative.
None directly; the verse gives an ethical criterion—cultivating gratitude and avoiding kṛtaghnatā.