Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
पशुमुख उवाच । परस्य प्रेष्यतां यातु सदा जन्मनिजन्मनि । सर्वधर्म क्रियाहीनो बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
paśumukha uvāca | parasya preṣyatāṃ yātu sadā janmanijanmani | sarvadharma kriyāhīno bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
ปศุมุขะกล่าวว่า: “ผู้ใดกระทำ ‘บิสัสไตนยะ’ ย่อมต้องเป็นทาสรับใช้ผู้อื่นอยู่เสมอ ชาติต่อชาติ และขาดจากการปฏิบัติธรรมกับกิจแห่งศาสนาทั้งปวง”
Paśumukha
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Paśumukha declares the karmic result: a figure shown in successive life-frames serving others, carrying burdens, while ritual fires and prayer implements lie unused—symbolizing ‘sarva-dharma-kriyā-hīna’.
FAQs
The text links theft with long-term loss of autonomy and spiritual discipline across repeated births.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching sacred context; this verse is a general karmic warning.
None; it notes deprivation of dharma-practice as a consequence.