Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
दृष्ट्वांधान्कृपणान्व्यंगाननाथान्रोगिणस्तथा । दया न जायते यस्य स रक्ष इति मे मतिः
dṛṣṭvāṃdhānkṛpaṇānvyaṃgānanāthānrogiṇastathā | dayā na jāyate yasya sa rakṣa iti me matiḥ
เมื่อเห็นคนตาบอด คนยากไร้ คนพิการ คนกำพร้า และคนเจ็บป่วยแล้ว หากผู้ใดไม่บังเกิดเมตตากรุณาในใจ ข้าพเจ้าถือว่าผู้นั้นเป็นรากษส
Unnamed ṛṣi (contextual speaker within the narrative; later Śiva speaks at v.24)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience (implied)
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa encounters a line of sufferers—blind with staff, a crippled person, an orphan child, and a fevered patient—while a narrator-figure declares that compassionless hearts are demonic.
FAQs
Compassion is the hallmark of dharma; lack of empathy toward the helpless is branded as demonic cruelty.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, presenting Prabhāsa as a field of ethical refinement.
No explicit ritual; the implied dharma is dāna and practical care (seva) for vulnerable people.