Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । एवंविधानि पापानि कृत्वा चैव गुरूण्यपि
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | evaṃvidhāni pāpāni kṛtvā caiva gurūṇyapi
“การฆ่าพราหมณ์ การดื่มสุรา การลักขโมย และการล่วงละเมิดภรรยาของครูบาอาจารย์—เมื่อได้กระทำบาปเช่นนี้ แม้บาปอันหนักยิ่งก็ตาม…”
Prahlāda (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Daityendra (implied)
Scene: A didactic tableau: four symbolic scenes representing the listed sins—violence against a brāhmaṇa, intoxication, theft, and illicit approach to the guru’s wife—shown in shadowy tones, contrasted with a bright distant vision of Gomati waters and Kṛṣṇa’s shrine as the path of return.
FAQs
It highlights the severity of certain mahāpāpas to underscore the extraordinary purifying power later attributed to Dvārakā’s rites.
Implicitly Dvārakā (continued context), as the place whose merit is contrasted against even the gravest sins.
No direct rite here; it enumerates grave sins as the premise for describing purification in subsequent verses.