Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
विषेण च मृता वै ये ये वै शृंगिभिराहताः । कृतघ्नाश्च गुरुघ्नाश्च ये च मित्रद्रुहस्तथा
viṣeṇa ca mṛtā vai ye ye vai śṛṃgibhirāhatāḥ | kṛtaghnāśca gurughnāśca ye ca mitradruhastathā
جو زہر سے مرے، جو سینگ والے جانوروں کے ٹکر سے ہلاک ہوئے، جو ناشکرے ہیں، جو اپنے گرو/استاد کے قاتل ہیں، اور جو دوستوں سے دغا کرتے ہیں—وہ بھی یہاں (کاشی کے مقدس اعمال کے ذریعے نجات کے بیان میں) شامل ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A somber enumeration of sinners and those who died by poison or goring; the background suggests the Gaṅgā-ghāṭas of Kāśī where rites of deliverance are contemplated.
FAQs
Even grave moral and ritual impurities are not beyond the horizon of purification when connected to dharmic rites and sacred geography, especially as later verses will praise the liberating power of Kāśī and Gaṅgā.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa and leads into the praise of the Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Varanasi).
This verse lists categories of the departed; the explicit prescription (tarpaṇa/śrāddha) is stated in the immediately following verses.