Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
एतस्य गल्लावुत्फुल्लौ क्षुरेणाशुवि पाटय । पाशेन कंठं बद्धास्य समुल्लंबय भूरुहे
etasya gallāvutphullau kṣureṇāśuvi pāṭaya | pāśena kaṃṭhaṃ baddhāsya samullaṃbaya bhūruhe
ایک استرا لے کر اس کے سوجے ہوئے گالوں کو فوراً چیر دو۔ اس کی گردن میں پھندا ڈال کر اسے درخت پر لٹکا دو۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A condemned man’s cheeks are cut with a razor; a noose is tightened around his neck; he is hoisted and hung from a tree—an austere, terrifying scene meant as warning.
FAQs
Harmful actions return as harm; the text dramatizes karmic inevitability to steer the listener toward dharma.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), but it does not name a particular tīrtha in this verse.
None directly; the implied corrective is repentance (prāyaścitta) and ethical restraint.