ये निंदंति पुराणज्ञं कथां वा पापहारिणीम् । ते वै जन्मशतं मर्त्याः शुनका संभवंति च
ye niṃdaṃti purāṇajñaṃ kathāṃ vā pāpahāriṇīm | te vai janmaśataṃ martyāḥ śunakā saṃbhavaṃti ca
جو لوگ پُرانوں کے جاننے والے کی یا گناہ ہرانے والی مقدس کَتھا کی مذمت کرتے ہیں، وہ فانی لوگ سو جنم تک کتے بن کر پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔
Unknown (context not supplied; likely a purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A reciter holding a manuscript; a heckler points and mocks; the moral consequence is shown symbolically as a chain of canine rebirths, while devotees shield the reciter with reverence.
Do not disparage scripture or its teachers; such contempt becomes heavy karmic bondage.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
A moral prescription: refrain from nindā (revilement) of the purāṇa-knower and kathā.