Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
आताडयैनं दुर्वृत्तं धृत्वा पादौ शिलातले । उत्पाटयास्य नेत्रे त्वं निधाय चरणं गले
ātāḍayainaṃ durvṛttaṃ dhṛtvā pādau śilātale | utpāṭayāsya netre tvaṃ nidhāya caraṇaṃ gale
اس بدکار کو مارو؛ اس کے پاؤں پتھر کی سطح پر جکڑ دو۔ پھر، اس کے گلے پر اپنا پاؤں رکھ کر، اس کی آنکھیں نکال دو۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A bound offender is forced onto a stone platform; attendants pin his feet, one presses a foot to his throat, another reaches toward the eyes—an intense tableau of coercive punishment.
FAQs
The Purāṇa uses stark imagery to awaken fear of adharma and inspire self-restraint, confession, and reform.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography, though this particular verse is not a tīrtha-māhātmya line.
No explicit rite is described; the implied prescription is ethical correction and avoidance of sinful conduct.