Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
तद्वैगुण्यादपिस्वर्गात्पतिः पतति नान्यथा । तस्याः पिता च माता च भ्रातृवर्गस्तथैव च
tadvaiguṇyādapisvargātpatiḥ patati nānyathā | tasyāḥ pitā ca mātā ca bhrātṛvargastathaiva ca
Dahil sa gayong kapintasan (sa kanyang asal), kahit ang asawa ay nahuhulog mula sa langit—wala nang ibang sanhi. Gayundin ang kanyang ama at ina, at gayon din ang kanyang mga kapatid na lalaki, ay nadadamay.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial scene of svarga where a husband’s seat trembles and dims due to a symbolic crack labeled ‘śīla-bhaṅga’; below, parents and brothers are shown with fading garlands, illustrating shared consequence.
FAQs
Puranic ethics emphasizes that personal conduct has wider karmic and familial consequences.
Kāśī is the narrative setting, but the verse itself addresses dharma and karmic consequence rather than a location.
None; it states a doctrine of consequence (fall from svarga) tied to moral fault (vaiguṇya).