Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92
नरः पापमवाप्नोति महद्वै नात्र संशयः । असतां प्रग्रहो यत्र सतां चैव विमानता
naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahadvai nātra saṃśayaḥ | asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānatā
บุคคลย่อมก่อบาปใหญ่—หาใช่มีข้อสงสัยไม่—ในที่ซึ่งคนชั่วได้รับการยกย่อง และคนดีถูกดูหมิ่น
Dadhīca Ṛṣi
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dakṣa and the yajña participants; pilgrims as secondary audience
Scene: A court-like sacrificial assembly where corrupt figures receive garlands and seats of honor while austere sages stand disregarded; a narrator-figure indicates the moral inversion as a dark cloud gathers above the altar.
FAQs
Supporting adharma and insulting the righteous produces heavy pāpa; social and ritual order depends on honoring the good.
The verse belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya section of Prabhāsa, though it teaches general dharma.
No specific rite; it gives an ethical rule relevant to yajña and community conduct.